Psychological impact of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on general hospital workers in Kobe

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-360

  Matsuishi, Kunitaka ^a   Kawazoe, Ayako ^c   Imai, Hissei ^a   Ito, Atsushi ^a   Mouri, Kentaro ^a   Kitamura, Noboru ^a   Miyake, Keiko ^b   Mino, Koichi ^b   Isobe, Masanori ^c   Takamiya, Shizuo ^c   Hitokoto, Hidefumi ^d   Mita, Tatsuo ^e  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER WEST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d International Economy and Work Research Institute   (Japan)

^e Arima Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

H1N1 pandemic; hospital worker; impact; liaison psychiatric service; stress

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANDEMICS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84861555020     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02336.x     Document Type: Article

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