But frontline female medical workers also report more symptoms of anxiety and depression, researchers sayMen suffer more physical effects, accounting for 70 per cent of death toll in one survey
, but they also appear to be more likely to have depression, anxiety and insomnia as they assume most of the burden of caring for patients, Chinese researchers have found.
In particular, the virus was “more likely to affect older males with comorbidities, and can result in severe and even fatal respiratory diseases”, the paper said. During one two-week period, men accounted for over 83 per cent of those whose condition deteriorated from severe to critical. At the same time, men represented just 20 per cent of those released from hospital, according to the study posted on the same website on February 27.
However, a third study suggests that this year’s coronavirus epidemic has taken a heavier toll on the mental health of women caring for patients.
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