Determinants of Mental Health Distress Among Abu Dhabi Health Workers, March 2024

Emad Masuadi's dataset contains results from a March 2024 cross-sectional electronic survey of 383 healthcare workers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It assesses depression, anxiety, and stress using the DASS-21 scale and identifies associated factors via multivariable logistic regression. The data shows prevalence rates of 49% for depression, 45% for anxiety, and 46% for stress among the surveyed cohort.

Use Cases

• Identify risk factors for depression, anxiety, and stress based on demographic and occupational variables mentioned in the description.
• Analyze the association between workplace conflict and psychological distress outcomes.
• Examine protective factors like age and education level against mental health symptoms.
• Compare mental health prevalence between different professional roles (e.g., nurses vs. physicians) and ethnicities (e.g., Middle Eastern vs. Asian HCWs).

Strengths

• Includes specific prevalence figures for depression (49%), anxiety (45%), and stress (46%) among 383 healthcare workers.
• Reports adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for key predictors like workplace conflict (e.g., aOR=3.78 for stress) and chronic fatigue (e.g., aOR=4.21 for depression).
• Provides detailed sample demographics including mean age (40.8 years), gender distribution (70% female), and professional composition (65% nurses).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single cross-sectional survey in March 2024, limiting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

Emad Masuadi via figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional electronic survey using the DASS-21 scale and multivariable logistic regression analysis.

Time Range

March 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:40:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (specifically the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company)