Chen, XiZhang, Stephen X.Jahanshahi, Asghar AfsharAlvarez-Risco, AldoDai, HuiyangLi, JizhenIbarra, Verónica García2024-09-202024-09-202020Chen, X., Zhang, S. X., Jahanshahi, A. A., Alvarez-Risco, A., Dai, H., Li, J., & Ibarra, V. G. (2020). Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. JMIR public health and surveillance, 6(3), e20737. https://doi.org/10.2196/20737https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3722Objective: Our aim was to provide the first evidence that belief in conspiracy theories regarding the COVID-19 pandemic is a predictor of the mental health and well-being of health care workers. Methods: We conducted a survey of 252 health care workers in Ecuador from April 10 to May 2, 2020. We analyzed the data regarding distress and anxiety caseness with logistic regression and the data regarding life and job satisfaction with linear regression.enAttribution (CC BY)coronavirus2019-nCoVmental healthpsychiatric identificationLatin AmericaCOVID-19conspiracywell-beinghealth care workersocial mediapredictionArticlehttps://doi.org/10.2196/20737