Longitudinal associations between alcohol use, occupational stressors, and mental health among healthcare and ancillary workers in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic (UK-REACH)
We identified several mechanisms which contributed to worsened CMD, demonstrating that organisational changes are required to support HCWs to reduce their alcohol use, tackle discrimination, and to create a work environment where staff feel secure raising concerns.
Authors
- Catherine John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6057-2073)
- Keith R. Abrams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-1567)
- Manish Pareek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-9964)
- Ibrahim Abubakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0370-1430)
- Rubina Reza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3257-807X)
- Edward S. Dove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4095-3677)
- Laura D. Goodwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-4620)
- Christopher Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2337-4799)
- Amit Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-3761)
- Laura J. Gray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9284-9321)
- Sandra Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-0699)
- Bindu Gregary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-6753)
- David Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6551-721X)
- Irtiza Qureshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2273-844X)
- Martin D. Tobin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-7874)
- Luke Bryant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5231-4851)
- Robert C. Free (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-435X)
- Katherine Woolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4915-0715)
- Stephen Zingwe
- Louise V. Wain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-1867)
- Anna L. Guyatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-6337)
- Sue Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-3560)
- Avinash Aujayeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0859-5550)
- Kamlesh K. Khunti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-7099)
- I. C. McManus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-4814)
- Patricia Irizar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0078-1372)
- Laura B Nellums (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2534-6951)
- Asad Masood
Institutions
- New Mexico Department of Health (US)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- Faculty (United Kingdom) (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Greenwich (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Lancaster University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04474-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust