In univariate analysis, being doctors, living with family members aged ≤16 or ≥ 65 years old, COVID-19 infection and increased weekly working hours after the open policy were significantly associated with a PHQ-9 score ≥ 10 points. About 54.3% of the respondents scored more than 10 points on the PHQ-9 standardized test, which is associated with depressive symptoms. Results: Nine hundred and sixteen emergency medical personnel from 108 hospitals responded to this survey. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were applied to identify the potential associated factors for major depression. The respondents’ sociodemographic and work information were collected, and they were asked to complete the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) then. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey of emergency medical staff who fought against COVID-19 in Shandong Province during January 16 to 31, 2023. We aimed to investigate the workload change, and the prevalence and associated factors for depression symptoms among emergency medical staff after the policy adjustment. The emergency medical staff encountered significant working and mental stress while fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduction: In 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. 5Department of Emergency, Shandong Public Health Clinical Center Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.4Department of Emergency, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Dezhou Hospital, Dezhou, China.3Department of Emergency Internal Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. 2Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.1Department of Emergency, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.Baobao Feng 1 * Hongjun Bian 1 Ke Zhang 1 Chong Meng 1 Xianwei Gong 2 Xueqiang Ma 3 Chunhua Su 4 Mingxiang Zhou 5 Jiarui Xu 1 Wei Zhang 1 Xingguo Zhang 1 Yi Zhou 1 * Deya Shang 1 *
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