Mental health of nurses working at a government-designated hospital during a MERS-CoV outbreak: a cross-sectional study
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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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Stigmatisation, social rejection, and lower levels of social support were risk factors for stress among healthcare workers during viral outbreaks.
“In addition, stigmatisation (Koh et al., 2005), social rejection (Park et al., 2018), and lower levels of social support were identified as risk factors for stress (Xiao et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Park, J.-S., Lee, E.-H., Park, N.-R., & Choi, Y. H.
- Affiliations
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (KR)
- Ajou University (KR)
- Inje University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Park, Ji-Seon
- Lee, Eun-Hyun
- Choi, Young Hwa
- Venue
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2-6
- ISSN
- 0883-9417 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7127092
- OpenAlex
- W2750948673
- Cited by
- 327
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 83 · 2021: 97 · 2020: 89 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 30.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- AJOU Open Repository (Ajou University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- nurse mental health, MERS-CoV, stigma, hardiness, occupational stress, healthcare workers, epidemics, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Hospitals, State, Humans, Mental Health, Psychiatric Nursing, Stress, Psychological, Coronavirus Infections, Nurse's Role, Republic of Korea, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
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