TY - JOUR AU - Maunder, Robert G. AU - Lancee, William J. AU - Balderson, Kenneth E. AU - Bennett, Jocelyn P. AU - Borgundvaag, Bjug AU - Evans, Susan AU - Fernandes, Christopher M.B. AU - Goldbloom, David S. AU - Gupta, Mona AU - Hunter, Jonathan J. AU - Hall, Linda McGillis AU - Nagle, Lynn M. AU - Pain, Clare AU - Peczeniuk, Sonia S. AU - Raymond, Glenna AU - Read, Nancy AU - Rourke, Sean B. AU - Steinberg, Rosalie J. AU - Stewart, Thomas E. AU - Coke, Susan VanDeVelde AU - Veldhorst, Georgina G. AU - Wasylenki, Donald A. T1 - Long-term Psychological and Occupational Effects of Providing Hospital Healthcare during SARS Outbreak T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 12 SP - 1924 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Healthcare workers (HCWs) found the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to be stressful, but the long-term impact is not known. From 13 to 26 months after the SARS outbreak, 769 HCWs at 9 Toronto hospitals that treated SARS patients and 4 Hamilton hospitals that did not treat SARS patients completed a survey of several adverse outcomes. Toronto HCWs reported significantly higher levels of burnout (p = 0.019), psychological distress (p<0.001), and posttraumatic stress (p<0.001). Toronto workers were more likely to have reduced patient contact and work hours and to report behavioral consequences of stress. Variance in adverse outcomes was explained by a protective effect of the perceived adequacy of training and support and by a provocative effect of maladaptive coping style and other individual factors. The results reinforce the value of effective staff support and training in preparation for future outbreaks. KW - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome KW - Health Personnel KW - Burnout KW - Professional KW - research KW - Stress KW - Psychological KW - Traumatic KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1212.060584 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/12/06-0584_article ER - End of Reference