Background Elevated maternal psychological distress during pregnancy is linked to adverse
outcomes in offspring. The potential effects of intensified levels of maternal distress during …

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the mental health of healthcare
workers (HCWs). We aimed to identify the factors associated with depression among HCWs …

Background: Research has shown the substantial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
healthcare workers'(HCWs) mental health, however, it mostly relies on data collected during …

The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted global health. Frontline healthcare workers
involved in the response to COVID-19 faced physical and psychological challenges that …

Abstract According to the World Health Organization (Mental health and COVID-19: early
evidence of the pandemic's impact: scientific brief, 2 March 2022, 2022), the COVID-19 …

We examine the joint consequences of the COVID‐19 pandemic for fertility and birth
outcomes by drawing on full population administrative data from Spain. We find a surprising …

This paper documents that the COVID-19 pandemic induced pressures on the health care
system have significant adverse knock-on effects on the accessibility and quality of non …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical staff were commonly exposed to stress, work
under pressure, and long shifts, and may have experienced a fear of infecting loved ones or …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused numerous lockdowns in cities around the
world. While lockdowns can generally be effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19, they …

Using a unique survey of more than 7,000 respondents conducted immediately after the first
wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, we investigate potential drivers of the job …