The workload change and depression among emergency medical staff after the open policy during COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey in Shandong, China

• Main Authors: Baobao Feng (Author), Hongjun Bian (Author), Ke Zhang (Author), Chong Meng (Author), Xianwei Gong (Author), Xueqiang Ma (Author), Chunhua Su (Author), Mingxiang Zhou (Author), Jiarui Xu (Author), Wei Zhang (Author), Xingguo Zhang (Author), Yi Zhou (Author), Deya Shang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionIn the middle of December 2022, the Chinese government adjusted the lockdown policy on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a large number of infected patients flooded into the emergency department. The emergency medical staff encountered significant working and mental stress while fight...