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Psychological impact of the 2015 MERS outbreak on hospital workers and quarantined hemodialysis patients

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Lee, Sang Min, Kang, Won Sub, Cho, Ah-Rang, Kim, Tae, Park, Jin Kyung·2018·Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Objectives This study aimed to assess the immediate stress and psychological impact experienced by quarantined patients undergoing hemodialysis and university hospital workers who treated patients Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) during its outbreak.Design The group of subjects consisted of 1800 hospital practitioners and 73 quarantined patients undergoing hemodialysis. The Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) was administered to the practitioners twice, once during the hospital shutdown and again one month after the shutdown. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were administered to patients undergoing hemodialysis.Results During the initial stages of the MERS outbreak, healthcare workers who performed MERS-related tasks scored significantly higher on the total IES-R and its subscales. In the second assessment of the high-risk group, the sleep and numbness subscale scores from the IES-R differed depending on the implementation of home quarantine, and the intrusion subscale scores differed depending on the performance of MERS-related tasks.Conclusion Medical staff that performed MERS-related tasks showed the highest risk for post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms even after time had elapsed. The risk increased even after home quarantine. Prompt and continuous psychiatric intervention is needed in high mortality infectious disease outbreaks.

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Authors
Lee, S. M., Kang, W. S., Cho, A.-R., Kim, T., & Park, J. K.
Affiliations
  • Konyang University (KR)
  • Kyung Hee University (KR)
  • Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
Corresponding author
  • Kim, Tae
  • Park, Jin Kyung
Venue
Comprehensive Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-11
Volume
87
Pages
123-127
ISSN
0010-440X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2895927868
Cited by
1,112
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 121 · 2022: 258 · 2021: 354 · 2020: 298 · 2019: 1
FWCI
191.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Comprehensive Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
MERS, MERS outbreak, psychological impact, post-traumatic stress disorder, healthcare workers, hemodialysis patients, quarantine, anxiety, depression, psychiatric intervention, infectious disease outbreaks
MeSH terms
Adult, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Renal Dialysis, Hospitals, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Diseases, Personnel, Hospital, Quarantine, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress, Psychological, Coronavirus Infections, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

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