Mental Health of Nurses Working at a Government-designated Hospital During a MERS-CoV Outbreak: A Cross-sectional Study

BACKGROUND: During an epidemic of a novel infectious disease, many healthcare workers suffer from mental health problems. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to test the following hypotheses: stigma and hardiness exert both direct effects on mental health and also indirect (mediated) effects on...

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Autores principales: Park, Ji-Seon, Lee, Eun-Hyun, Park, No-Rye, Choi, Young Hwa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7127092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29413067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2017.09.006
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: During an epidemic of a novel infectious disease, many healthcare workers suffer from mental health problems. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to test the following hypotheses: stigma and hardiness exert both direct effects on mental health and also indirect (mediated) effects on mental health through stress in nurses working at a government-designated hospital during a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) epidemic. METHODS: A total of 187 participants were recruited using a convenience sampling method. The direct and indirect effects related to the study hypotheses were computed using a series of ordinary least-squares regressions and 95% bootstrap confidence intervals with 10,000 bootstrap resamples from the data. DISCUSSIONS: The influences of stigma and hardiness on mental health were partially mediated through stress in nurses working at a hospital during a MERS-CoV epidemic. Their mental health was influenced more by direct effects than by indirect effects.

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