Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) associated stress among medical students at a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 687-691

  Al Rabiaah, Abdulkarim ^a   Temsah, Mohamad Hani ^a   Al Eyadhy, Ayman A ^a   Hasan, Gamal M ^a,b   Al Zamil, Fahad ^a   Al Subaie, Sarah ^a   Alsohime, Fahad ^a   Jamal, Amr ^a   Alhaboob, Ali ^a   Al Saadi, Basma ^a   Somily, Ali Mohammed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Medical students; MERS CoV; Psychological stress; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HABIT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANXIETY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMICS; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85078488336     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.01.005     Document Type: Article

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