Psychological impact of the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak on health care workers in a medium size regional general hospital in Singapore

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 190-196

  Chan, Angelina O M ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Post traumatic stress disorder; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIC; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 2642559471     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh027     Document Type: Article

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