Resumen: After pandemic, healthcare workers experienced a series of emotional and psychological disturbances that could impact their mental well-being. In this study, the feasibility of morphological characteristics of photoplethysmographic (PPG) waveform to quantify stress and depression level posed by COVID-19 in first-line healthcare workers is explored. Results show that higher stress and depression level are moderately
correlated with large systolic amplitude and parameters that might indicate early wave reflection. These results suggest that an arterial stiffness, quantified with PPG morphological characteristics, could provide valuable information in assessing mental health Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.3390/molecules27227666 Año: 2022 Publicado en: Molecules 27, 22 (2022), 7666 [21 pp.] ISSN: 1420-3049 Factor impacto JCR: 4.6 (2022) Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 63 / 178 = 0.354 (2022) - Q2 - T2 Categ. JCR: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY rank: 97 / 285 = 0.34 (2022) - Q2 - T2 Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.7 - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Q2) - Chemistry (Q1) - Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Q2)