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Psychological impact of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in health workers in China
- Source :
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- The first case of 2019-nCoV pneumonia infection occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, South China Seafood Market in December 2019. As a group with a high probability of infection, health workers are faced with a certain degree of psychological challenges in the process of facing the epidemic. This study attempts to evaluate the impact of 2019-nCoV outbreak on the psychological state of Chinese health workers and to explore the influencing factors. During the period from 31 January 2020 to 4 February 2020, the ‘Questionnaire Star’ electronic questionnaire system was used to collect data. The 2019-nCoV impact questionnaire and The Impact of Event Scale (IES) were used to check the psychological status of health workers in China. A total of 442 valid data were collected in this study. Seventy-four (16.7%) male and 368 (83.3%) female individuals participated in this study. The average score of high arousal dimension was 5.15 (s.d. = 4.71), and the median score was 4.0 (IQR 2.0, 7.0). The average score of IES was 15.26 (s.d. = 11.23), and the median score was 13.5 (IQR 7.0, 21.0). Multiple regression analysis showed that there were critical statistical differences in high arousal scores among different gender groups (male 3.0 vs. female 5.0, P = 0.075). Whether being quarantined had significant statistical differences of IES scores (being quarantined 16.0 vs. not being quarantined 13.0, P = 0.021). The overall impact of the 2019-nCoV outbreak on health workers is at a mild level. Chinese health workers have good psychological coping ability in the face of public health emergencies.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
China
Coping (psychology)
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
Epidemiology
Health Personnel
Pneumonia, Viral
Betacoronavirus
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation, Psychological
Pandemic
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Pandemics
2019 Novel coronavirus
Original Paper
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Public health
COVID-19
Outbreak
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Regression analysis
Middle Aged
Mental health
health workers
Cross-Sectional Studies
Mental Health
Infectious Diseases
Quarantine
Female
psychological
Arousal
Coronavirus Infections
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14694409 and 09502688
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....486cb9a0d68453d71438c2c2cc338921
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268820001090