The mental state and risk factors of Chinese medical staff and medical students in early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic | Zendy

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The mental state and risk factors of Chinese medical staff and medical students in early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic

Author(s) -

Shuang Wu,

Zhe Li,

Zhixiong Li,

Weiyi Xiang,

Yiwen Yuan,

Yaya Liu,

Zhenzhen Xiong

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

comprehensive psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.305

H-Index - 106

eISSN - 1532-8384

pISSN - 0010-440X

DOI - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152202

Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , outbreak , mental illness , distress , mental health , cross sectional study , intervention (counseling) , covid-19 , psychiatry , family medicine , psychology , clinical psychology , disease , pathology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Our findings highlight that medical staff and medical students were vulnerable to SMI during the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and identify the factors associated with SMI which can be used to formulate psychological interventions to improve the mental health. The independent risk factors for SMI among them are suspicion that they or relatives were infected with the SARS-CoV-2, greater interest in media reports about the epidemic, frequency of recent dreams related to SARS-CoV-2, difficulty in controlling emotions during the epidemic, and hours spent watching outbreaks per day.

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