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We aimed to estimate the burden of psychological distress among healthcare workers and identify work-related correlates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers at tertiary hospital in Hanoi (n\u2009=\u2009505; physicians\u2009=\u2009151, nurses\u2009=\u2009304, others\u2009=\u200950). The validated Vietnamese DASS-21 assessed depression, anxiety, and stress severity. Sociodemographic, occupational, and psychosocial factors were collected. Group differences were tested using chi-squared and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Ordinal logistic regression analyses using complete cases (n\u2009=\u2009478) examined correlates of each DASS domain, adjusting for demographic, occupational, and workplace interaction variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, 30.3% of staff reported at least mild depressive symptoms, 28.7% at least mild anxiety symptoms, and 10.5% at least mild stress symptoms. Nurses exhibited the highest burden, with 34.9% reporting at least mild depression and 35.5% at least mild anxiety, compared with 21.2% and 16.0% among physicians and 30.0% and 26.0% among others, respectively. Stress symptoms were less prevalent (8.0% to 12.0%) and did not differ significantly across professional groups. In multivariable analyses, greater depression severity was associated with indefinite-term contracts and conflicts with patients or relatives; anxiety severity was associated with monthly income of 10\u201320 million VND and working in oncology; and stress severity was associated with caring for level II\u2013III patients and contributing \u226450% of household income. Higher job satisfaction, supportive colleague relationships, perceived job stability, and greater continuing medical education exposure were associated with lower symptom severity across domains.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this private tertiary hospital, nurses reported a higher burden of depressive and anxiety symptoms than physicians, whereas stress symptoms were less common and varied little across professions. 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