An Acute Stress Scale for Health Care Professionals Caring for Patients With COVID-19: Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the response capacity of the health care workforce, and health care professionals have been experiencing acute stress reactions since the beginning of the pandemic. In Spain, the first wave was particularly severe among the population and health care professionals, many of whom were infected. These professionals required initial psychological supports that were gradual and in line with their conditions.

Objective

In the early days of the pandemic in Spain (March 2020), this study aimed to design and validate a scale to measure acute stress experienced by the health care workforce during the care of patients with COVID-19: the Self-applied Acute Stress Scale (EASE).

Methods

Item development, scale development, and scale eva

SUBMITTER: Mira JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7945973 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature