Stress and burnout in health-care workers after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake: A cross-sectional observational study

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages 98-

  Mattei, Antonella ^a   Fiasca, Fabiana ^a   Mazzei, Mariachiara ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   Bianchini, Valeria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Department of Mental Health Residences for the Execution of Security Measures ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Association; Burnout; Earthquake; Health care; Prevalence; Risk factor; Stress; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 12 ITEMS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB STRESS; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL LIFE;

EID: 85020510963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00098     Document Type: Article

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