Lacking Communication Would Increase General Symptom Index Scores of Medical Team Members During COVID-19 Pandemic in China: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: There are few studies on the psychological status of medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak. Our study addresses whether lack of communication affects the psychological status of medical team members supporting Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. We used general symptom index (GSI) scores of the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) to evaluate participants' psychological status. We adopted a stratified sampling method and selected the fourth team, with a total of 137 members, as participants. In total 76.6% and 69.7% of female and male participants, respectively, had bachelor's degrees; 41.6% and 21.2% of female and male participants, respectively, were unmarried. Regarding communication, 14.29% and 6.06% of female and male participants, respectively, reported a lack of communication

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7905727 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature