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Sociodemographic data, information about COVID-19 experience and three scales assessing anxiety (STAI-Y1), depression (HAM-D) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PCL-5) were collected. A total of 308 employees (80% women; mean age 45.1 years) responded: 16% physicians, 68% other healthcare professionals, and 16% administrative staff. Employees reported moderate\/severe symptoms of anxiety (23%), depression (53%), and post-traumatic stress disorder (40%). At multivariate logistic regression analysis, having suffered a loss for COVID-19 in the personal context was independently associated with higher risk of moderate\/severe anxiety (OR = 2.40; 95% CI 1.16\u20134.98), being female was associated with higher risk of moderate\/severe depression (OR = 2.82; 95% CI 1.43\u20135.59), and having had a family member affected by COVID-19 was associated with higher risk of moderate\/severe post-traumatic stress disorder (OR = 2.75; 95% CI 1.01\u20137.48). 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