Publication date: Jul 21, 2025
Frontline construction workers are generally faced with risk factors such as alcoholism, smoking, and being far away from home, which pose a great threat to their mental health. However, this issue has not yet attracted significant attention form the global community. For this reason, we examined depression, anxiety, and stress levels among construction workers in China and identified their key risk factors, such as education, occupational tenure, geographical mobility, physical well-being, COVID-19 status, insomnia, and alcohol dependency. We conducted an online survey using validated scales, including the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, Insomnia Severity Index Scale, Alcohol Dependence Scale, Family-work Conflict Scale, Leadership Support Scale, Workplace Exclusion Scale, and Proactive Personality Scale. We analysed 912 valid responses (790 males, 122 females; mean age = 36. 35 years (standard deviation = 10. 11). Depression, anxiety, and stress levels were significantly influenced by age, education, work-related injuries, COVID-19 status, insomnia, alcohol dependence, workplace exclusion, and work-family conflict among construction workers (all P-values
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | depression |
| disease | MESH | anxiety |
| disease | MESH | alcoholism |
| pathway | KEGG | Alcoholism |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | MESH | insomnia |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Ethanol |
| disease | MESH | Occupational Stress |
| disease | MESH | Stress Psychological |