Psychological consequences and quality of life among medical rescuers who responded to the 2010 Yushu earthquake: A neglected problem

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 517-523

  Kang, Peng ^a   Lv, Yipeng ^a   Hao, Lu ^a   Tang, Bihan ^a   Liu, Zhipeng ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Lulu ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Local forces; Medical rescuers; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Quality of life (QoL); Support forces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER VICTIM; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTER VICTIMS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947080227     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.09.047     Document Type: Article

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