[A study on the differences of emotion and depression between patients as doctor/nurse and others occupation with severe acute respiratory syndrome].
OBJECTIVE
To study the emotional and depressive differences between severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients whose occupations were doctor/nurse and others.


METHODS
During the three months when SARS was explosive in 2003, 524 questionnaires were collected from Xuanwu Hospital, You'an Hospital, Xiaotangshan Hospital, Renmin Hospital and Ditan Hospital in Beijing. There were 109 questionnaires finished by patients as doctors/nurses themselves. For a background matching, 109 questionnaires were also finished by the others.


RESULTS
From 218 questionnaires, we found that the score on emotional condition (46.6204 +/- 8.4408 vs. 41.6789 +/- 8.612 95, P < 0.001) of SARS patients whose jobs were doctor/nurse was higher than the other groups on while the score of SARS patients whose jobs were doctor/nurse was lower than the other groups (37.7615 +/- 9.026 61 vs. 41.2844 +/- 9.655 25, P = 0.006) regarding depressive condition. The scores of emotional and depressive condition were all correlated with the factor as "I can not master my future".


CONCLUSIONS
Doctors/nurses having SARS had less emotional and depressive conditions than the others, which might due to the difference in medical knowledge, working condition and the route of infection, suggesting that psychological intervention in the post-SARS period called for attention.
Huang
Wei
W
Xuanwu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
Hua
Qi
Q
Wu
Hao
H
Xu
Wu-yi
WY
Tian
Jian-hua
JH
Chen
Hong
H
Yang
Feng-chi
FC
Yang
Shen
S
Liu
Chao-hui
CH
Li
Xue-wen
XW
Ji
Xun-ming
XM
Zhang
Jian
J
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires