Psychological Effects of the SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong on High-Risk Health Care Workers

E. Chua, Siew; Cheung, Vinci; Cheung, Charlton; McAlonan, Gráinne; WS Wong, Josephine; P.T. Cheung, Erik; T. Y. Chan, Marco; MC Wong, Michael; Wa Tang, Siu; M Choy, Khai; K Wong, Meng; Chu, Chung‐Ming; WT Tsang, Kenneth

doi:10.1177/070674370404900609

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Psychological Effects of the SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong on High-Risk Health Care Workers

Published in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry • Jun 1, 2004

Authors:

Siew E. Chua

Vinci Cheung

Charlton Cheung

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To quantify stress and the psychological impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on high-risk health care workers (HCWs). METHOD: We evaluated 271 HCWs from SARS units and 342 healthy control subjects, using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) to assess stress levels and a structu...

Subject

Medicine

Infection control

Health care

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