An assessment of the level of concern among hospital-based health-care workers regarding MERS outbreaks in Saudi Arabia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Abolfotouh, Mostafa A ^a,b   AlQarni, Ali A ^a,b   Al Ghamdi, Suliman M ^a,b   Salam, Mahmoud ^a,b   Al Assiri, Mohammed H ^a,b   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Concern; Health care worker; MERS CoV; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAVEL; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EMOTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NURSES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010216533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-2096-8     Document Type: Article

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