“…Two reasons may explain these findings. First, previous studies have shown that frontline hospital workers suffer heavy workload, quarantine, direct contact with confirmed patients, and inconvenience brought by personal protective equipment (PPE), all of which result in emotional, somatic symptoms, and perceived stress ( Marjanovic et al., 2007 ; Lai et al., 2020 ; Dimitriu et al., 2020 ). Second, county hospital workers worked with insufficient specialize instrument and PPE, less experience and training to cope with contagion, and without knowing if the patients were infectious, all of which increased their psychologic symptoms and pressures ( Tsamakis et al., 2020 ; Kisely et al., 2020 ; Chua et al., 2004 ).…”