Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) associated stress among medical students at a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia | Zendy

Abdulkarim Alrabiaah | Zendy; MohamadHani Temsah | Zendy; Ayman AlEyadhy | Zendy; Gamal Hasan | Zendy; Fahad Alzamil | Zendy; Sarah Alsubaie | Zendy; Fahad Alsohime | Zendy; Amr Jamal | Zendy; Ali Alhaboob | Zendy; Basma M. Alsaadi | Zendy; Ali M. Somily | Zendy

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) associated stress among medical students at a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Abdulkarim Alrabiaah,

MohamadHani Temsah,

Ayman AlEyadhy,

Gamal Hasan,

Fahad Alzamil,

Sarah Alsubaie,

Fahad Alsohime,

Amr Jamal,

Ali Alhaboob,

Basma M. Alsaadi,

Ali M. Somily

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of infection and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1876-035X

pISSN - 1876-0341

DOI - 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.01.005

Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , anxiety score , distress , outbreak , generalized anxiety disorder , clinical psychology , demography , psychiatry , virology , sociology

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in 2014 was associated with high public anxiety in the affected countries. Media speculations may have increased this psychological distress. The healthcare community was the most distressed because they were at the highest risk of infection. This study is the first to explore MERS-CoV epidemic impact on medical students' perception and determinants of their psychological distress during this outbreak.

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