Investigating Psychological Differences Between Nurses and Other Health Care Workers From the Asia-Pacific Region During the Early Phase of COVID-19: Machine Learning Approach

YanHong Dong   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Mei Chun Yeo   ^{2 *} , MTech, MEng ;   Xiang Cong Tham   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Rivan Danuaji   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Thang H Nguyen   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Arvind K Sharma   ^{5 *} , MD ;   Komalkumar RN   ^{6 *} , MD ;   Meenakshi PV   ^{7 *} , MD ;   Mei-Ling Sharon Tai   ⁸ , MD ;   Aftab Ahmad   ^{9 *} , MD ;   Benjamin YQ Tan   ^{10, 11 *} , MBBS ;   Roger C Ho   ^{11, 12 *} , MD ;   Matthew Chin Heng Chua   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Vijay K Sharma   ^{10, 11 *} , MD

¹ Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

² Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

³ Dr Moewardi Hospital Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia

⁴ Cerebrovascular Disease Department, 115 People’s Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

⁵ Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad, India

⁶ Yashoda Hospital, Secuderabad, India

⁷ Senthil Multi Specialty Hospital, Erode, India

⁸ University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

⁹ Department of Neurology, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

¹⁰ Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

¹¹ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

¹² Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

*these authors contributed equally