Validation of Impact of Events Scale in nurses under threat of contagion by severe acute respiratory syndrome

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-139

  Chen, Cheng Sheng ^a,b   Yang, Pinchen ^a,b   Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,c   Wu, Hsiu Yueh ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

IES; Occupational stress; Reliability; SARS; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 17144418163     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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