Psychometric evaluation of the stress scale of caring for highly infectious disease patients among health care workers - Based on SARS

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 420-430

  Chuang, Pao Yu ^a   Lou, Meei Fang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health care workers (HCWs); Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINESE HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28844469009     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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