Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) associated stress among medical students at a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) associated stress among medical students at a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jiph.2020.01.005
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发表时间：
2020-05-01
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6.7
通讯作者：
Somily, Ali Mohammed
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作者：
Al-Rabiaah, Abdulkarim;Temsah, Mohamad-Hani;Somily, Ali Mohammed
背景和目标：2014年中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒（MERS-CoV）的爆发与受影响国家的公众高度焦虑有关。媒体的猜测可能增加了这种心理上的痛苦。医疗保健界是最痛苦的，因为他们感染的风险最高。本研究首次探讨中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒流行对医学生的看法和决定因素，他们的心理困扰在这次爆发。方法：我们随机选择并调查了200名学生从医学院在沙特国王大学，利雅得，沙特阿拉伯。结果：174人（87%）回答了问卷。女生平均压力水平显著高于男生（P < 0.001）。参与者的平均GAD评分为2.7 +/- 3.1，中位数为2。感知信息充分性得分的平均值和中位数最高（分别为17.4 +/- 4.2和18）。大学和医院的公告是最常见的信息来源（25.4%）。134例（77%）报告轻度焦虑，32例（18.4%）报告轻度焦虑，8例（4.6%）报告中度焦虑，无1例报告重度焦虑（评分>14）。压力水平（1-10量表）与广泛性焦虑障碍（GAD-7）评分呈显著相关。我们发现在我们的模型中，在更重要的方面，显着的预测因素是：增加自我报告的卫生习惯，自我报告的社交回避，广泛性焦虑评分，最后是女性甘德，而其他变量，包括资源访问的数量，同意公众恐惧和MERS-CoV的知识得分都被发现是不显着的。然而，访问资源的数量，每名学生，有边界显着相关性较高的自我报告的焦虑MERS冠状病毒。结论：医学生的心理需求在MERS冠状病毒爆发期间，应得到适当的解决。我们的研究结果强调了在传染病爆发期间为医学生建立心理支持计划的必要性。(C)2020年，任作家。由Elsevier Ltd代表沙特国王本阿卜杜勒阿齐兹健康科学大学出版。
Background and objectives: 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.Methods: We randomly selected and surveyed 200 students from the College of Medicine at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A predesigned questionnaire was answered by participants, and the collected data were statistically analyzed.Results: One hundred and seventy-four (87%) responded. Female students had a significantly higher mean stress level than males (P < 0.001). Participants had a mean GAD score of 2.7 +/- 3.1 and a median of 2. Perceived sufficiency of information score was the highest mean and median (17.4 +/- 4.2 and 18 respectively). College and hospital announcements were the most common source of information (25.4%). One hundred and thirty-four (77%) reported minimal anxiety, thirty-two (18.4%) reported mild anxiety, 8 (4.6%) reported moderate anxiety, and none of them reported severe anxiety ( score >14). The stress level (as reported on 1-10 scale) shows significant correlation with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) score. We found in this study that significant predictors in our model, in terms of more significant to the least, were: an increased self-report on hygienic habits, self-reported social avoidance, the generalized anxiety score and finally being female gander while other variables including numbers of resources access, agreeing with public fear and knowledge score on MERS-CoV all were found to be non-significant. However, the number of accessed resources, as per students, has borderline significant correlation with higher self-reported anxiety from MERS-CoV.Conclusions: Medical students' psychological needs during the MERS-CoV outbreak should be addressed appropriately. Our results highlight the need to establish psychological support programs for medical students during an infectious disease outbreak. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.