Cognitive functions and anxiety among blue-collar workers in hospitals during COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The rapid spread of COVID-19 poses a major threat to public health worldwide. Hospital blue-collar workers, like other health care workers, may be under severe physical and psychological stress. This psychological distress is mainly described as symptoms of anxiety and depression, stress and cognitive function.

Job stress and resilience in Iranian nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case-control study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a wide range of sociocultural pressures on nurses. Resilience is defined as one's ability to adapt to an unpredictable situation and it can be a factor in accepting an undesirable psychosocial situation.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine resilience in nurses in the face of job stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.