Mental health and quality of life among doctors, nurses and other hospital staff

Stress and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 423-430

  Su, Jian An ^a,b,d   Weng, Hsu Huei ^a,d,e   Tsang, Hin Yeung ^c   Wu, Jhen Long ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Hospital staff; Mental health; Minor psychiatric disorder; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHINESE HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE BRIEF VERSION;

EID: 72149099888     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1261     Document Type: Article

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