Prevalence and related factors of post-traumatic stress disorder among medical staff members exposed to H7N9 patients

Tang, Liling; Pan, Lingling; Yuan, Liping; Zha, Lei

The medical staff workers in Anhui Province who were exposed to H7N9 patients were recruited through convenient sampling between January 2015 and May 2016. There were 3H7N9 patients admitted in there departments during that period. One was admitted in the respiratory department, one was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU), and one was admitted in emergency department and was then transferred to the ICU two days later because of deterioration. Only those staff members who were working in departments admitting H7N9 patients, had frequent contact with these patients, had contact with their caregivers, worked in the front lines of their clinics, and participated voluntarily in this study were included in the final sample, while those staff members who were not actively working their jobs during the study period were excluded from the sample.