Is quarantine related to immediate negative psychological consequences during the 2009 H1N1 epidemic?

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-77

  Wang, Yongguang ^a,b   Xu, Baihua ^a   Zhao, Guoqiu ^b   Cao, Rifang ^b   He, Xiaoyan ^b   Fu, Sufen ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2009 H1N1 Flu; Immediate psychological consequences; Quarantine; Undergraduate student

Indexed keywords

20 ITEM SELF REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; 2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951852326     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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