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It is important to monitor the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and somatization among frontline healthcare workers in China.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to investigate PTSD, somatization, resilience, and perceived stress among frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19 and examine the mediating effects of perceived stress on resilience in both PTSD and somatization.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study was conducted from December 2021 to February 2022 through an online survey of frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19. The survey included questions regarding socio-demographic information, resilience (10-item Conner\u2013Davidson Resilience Scale, CD-RISC-10), perceived stress (14-item Perceived Stress Scale, PSS), PTSD (Checklist-Civilian Version, PCL-C), and somatization (Symptom Checklist-90). The PROCESS macro for SPSS was used to examine the mediating effects of perceived stress.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Approximately 14.9% of healthcare workers had possible PTSD (PCL-C score of \u2265 44), and 41.04% of the workers had low resilience (CD-RISC-10 score of \u2264 25.5). Approximately 54.05% of healthcare workers were symptomatic, and 14.7% had a moderate or higher degree of somatization with sleep-related problems as the most common symptom. Perceived stress was negatively correlated with resilience (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = \u20130.527, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and positively correlated with PTSD (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.505, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and somatization (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.361, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). In addition, perceived stress mediated the relationship between resilience and PTSD [indirect <jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic> = \u20130.382; bootstrapped confidence interval (CI), \u20130.454, \u20130.319] and somatization (indirect effect <jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic> = \u20130.159; bootstrapped CI, \u20130.199, \u20130.123).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of PTSD and somatic symptoms indicates that the mental health of frontline healthcare workers deserves more attention. Resilience is negatively associated with PTSD and somatization, and the relationship among resilience, PTSD, and somatization is mediated by perceived stress. 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