Healthcare workers emotions, perceived stressors and coping strategies during a MERS-CoV outbreak

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-14

  Khalid, Imran ^a   Khalid, Tabindeh J ^a   Qabajah, Mohammed R ^a   Barnard, Aletta G ^a   Qushmaq, Ismael A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Emotions; Healthcare workers; MERS CoV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMOTION; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JOB STRESS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMOTIONS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOTIVATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84964786155     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: 15546179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2016.1303     Document Type: Article

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