Prevalence and related factors of post-traumatic stress disorder among medical staff members exposed to H7N9 patients

International Journal of Nursing Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 63-67

  Tang, Liling ^a   Pan, Lingling ^a   Yuan, Liping ^a   Zha, Lei ^b  

^a WANNAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b The Second People's Hospital of Wuhu   (China)

Author keywords

H7N9; Medical staff; PCL C; PTSD; Stress symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 85008153112     PISSN: 23520132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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