Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

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Xi Chen · University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Stephen X. Zhang · University of Adelaide

Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi · Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

Aldo Álvarez-Risco · Universidad de Lima

Huiyang Dai · Tsinghua University

Jizhen Li · Tsinghua University

Verónica Janneth García Ibarra

Abstract

This paper identifies belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories as an important predictor of distress, anxiety, and job and life satisfaction among health care workers. This finding will enable mental health services to better target and provide help to mentally vulnerable health care workers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Misinformation and Its Impacts COVID-19 and Mental Health Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

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Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. e20737-e20737

DOI: 10.2196/20737

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Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

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