Department for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, 3500 Krems, Austria.
Department of Child and Adolescence Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 25;18(17):8933. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18178933.
This study assessed the mental health of apprentices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria and the effect of gender, migration background, work situation, and work sector. An online survey via REDCap was performed with a sample of 1442 apprentices (female: 53.5%, male: 45.4%, diverse: 1.1%, migration background: 28.4%) from 29 March to 18 May 2021. Indicators of mental health were depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), well-being (WHO-5), disordered eating (EAT-8), and insomnia (ISI-7). There was a high prevalence of clinically relevant depression (cut-offs ≥11 for adolescents, ≥10 for adults: 48.3%), anxiety (cut-offs ≥11 for adolescents, ≥10 for adults: 35.4%), insomnia (cut-off ≥15: 27%), and disordered eating (cut-offs ≥2 for men, ≥3 for women: 50.6%). Linear models revealed that apprentices with female and diverse gender, migration background, and unemployed status showed the poorest scores on all mental health measures (all -values < 0.05) except disordered eating. These findings emphasize the need for intersectional strategies to reduce and prevent adverse mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for apprentices.
本研究评估了奥地利 COVID-19 大流行期间学徒的心理健康状况，以及性别、移民背景、工作状况和工作部门的影响。2021 年 3 月 29 日至 5 月 18 日，通过 REDCap 进行了一项在线调查，样本包括 1442 名学徒（女性：53.5%，男性：45.4%，多样化：1.1%，移民背景：28.4%）。心理健康指标包括抑郁（PHQ-9）、焦虑（GAD-7）、幸福感（WHO-5）、饮食失调（EAT-8）和失眠（ISI-7）。存在较高比例的临床相关抑郁（青少年临界值≥11，成人临界值≥10：48.3%）、焦虑（青少年临界值≥11，成人临界值≥10：35.4%）、失眠（临界值≥15：27%）和饮食失调（男性临界值≥2，女性临界值≥3：50.6%）。线性模型显示，具有女性和多样化性别、移民背景和失业状况的学徒在所有心理健康指标上的得分最差（所有 - 值 < 0.05），除了饮食失调。这些发现强调需要采取交叉策略，以减少和预防 COVID-19 大流行对学徒心理健康的不利影响。
