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How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea
BACKGROUND: The 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus outbreak in Korea led to profound emotional and social burdens, especially in patients and health care professionals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Focus group interviews were conducted with 2 patients, 1 family member and 6 health ca...
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The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10551710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503778 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2022.0161 |
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author | Park, Hye Yoon Lee, Haewoo Lee, Ji-yeon Song, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Yeonjae Lee, So Hee |
author_facet | Park, Hye Yoon Lee, Haewoo Lee, Ji-yeon Song, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Yeonjae Lee, So Hee |
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description | BACKGROUND: The 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus outbreak in Korea led to profound emotional and social burdens, especially in patients and health care professionals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Focus group interviews were conducted with 2 patients, 1 family member and 6 health care professionals about psychological distress related to MERS in 2017 and analyzed the interview data using the consensual qualitative research method. RESULTS: Four domains and 17 core ideas were identified within three interview groups, including psychological distress during the outbreak, problems regarding the response to the outbreak, positive experiences, and future directions for enhancing intervention to improve mental health and prevent psychosocial problems during the outbreak. Psychological consequences were affected by the characteristics of the emerging infectious disease and the structure and process of institutional or governmental response to the MERS outbreak. Mental health services and psychosocial support reduced the negative impact on psychological distress. CONCLUSION: The MERS outbreak in 2015 gave rise to emotional and social injuries to patients and health care professionals, some of which can be long-lasting constraints in their lives. Preparedness in a society’s response to a pandemic considering mental health in related parties can minimize negative psychological consequences and enhance resilience at the individual and society levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-105517102023-10-06 How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea Park, Hye Yoon Lee, Haewoo Lee, Ji-yeon Song, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Yeonjae Lee, So Hee Infect Chemother Original Article BACKGROUND: The 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus outbreak in Korea led to profound emotional and social burdens, especially in patients and health care professionals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Focus group interviews were conducted with 2 patients, 1 family member and 6 health care professionals about psychological distress related to MERS in 2017 and analyzed the interview data using the consensual qualitative research method. RESULTS: Four domains and 17 core ideas were identified within three interview groups, including psychological distress during the outbreak, problems regarding the response to the outbreak, positive experiences, and future directions for enhancing intervention to improve mental health and prevent psychosocial problems during the outbreak. Psychological consequences were affected by the characteristics of the emerging infectious disease and the structure and process of institutional or governmental response to the MERS outbreak. Mental health services and psychosocial support reduced the negative impact on psychological distress. CONCLUSION: The MERS outbreak in 2015 gave rise to emotional and social injuries to patients and health care professionals, some of which can be long-lasting constraints in their lives. Preparedness in a society’s response to a pandemic considering mental health in related parties can minimize negative psychological consequences and enhance resilience at the individual and society levels. The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS 2023-09 2023-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10551710/ /pubmed/37503778 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2022.0161 Text en Copyright © 2023 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases, Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy, and The Korean Society for AIDS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Park, Hye Yoon Lee, Haewoo Lee, Ji-yeon Song, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Yeonjae Lee, So Hee How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea |
title | How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea |
title_full | How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea |
title_fullStr | How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea |
title_short | How Can We Deal with Psychosocial Issues in an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? Lessons from a Qualitative Study for the MERS Outbreak in Korea |
title_sort | how can we deal with psychosocial issues in an emerging infectious disease outbreak? lessons from a qualitative study for the mers outbreak in korea |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10551710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503778 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2022.0161 |
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