An evaluation of psychological distress and social support of survivors and contacts of Ebola virus disease infection and their relatives in Lagos, Nigeria: A cross sectional study - 2014

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mohammed, Abdulaziz ^a   Sheikh, Taiwo Lateef ^a,b   Gidado, Saheed ^a   Poggensee, Gabriele ^a   Nguku, Patrick ^a   Olayinka, Adebola ^a,b   Ohuabunwo, Chima ^a   Waziri, Ndadilnasiya ^a   Shuaib, Faisal ^a   Adeyemi, Joseph ^c   Uzoma, Ogbonna ^a   Ahmed, Abubakar ^a   Doherty, Funmi ^d   Nyanti, Sarah Beysolow ^e   Nzuki, Charles Kyalo ^e   Nasidi, Abdulsalami ^f   Oyemakinde, Akin ^a   Oguntimehin, Olukayode ^a   Abdus Salam, Ismail Adeshina ^a   Obiako, Reginald O ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Services Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Kaduna ^*  (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^d LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940196531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2167-6     Document Type: Article

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