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The questionnaires were divided into a General Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and a total score of \u22654 in the GHQ-12 was considered to be a decline in mental health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 266 members of medical staff participated in this study, and 30.1% experienced a decline in mental health recently. The highest prevalence of emotional distress was found among those who were female, married without children, working as doctors and other occupations, aged 30\u201339 years, working in the confirmation department, supporting the mobile cabin hospitals three times or more, the duration of this support for 1 month or longer, and having a previous state of anxiety and depression. In addition, females experienced higher rates of insomnia due to worry compared to males, as did medical staff in the confirmation department compared to the administration and logistics departments. In the same stressful environment, men and doctors had a greater rate of perceived loss of self-worth than women and nurses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The outbreak of epidemic makes medical workers face the risk of emotional distress. 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