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

ABSTRACT: 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 an

SUBMITTER: Park JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7127092 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature