Ji Dong, Ji Ying-Jie, Duan Xue-Zhang, Li Wen-Gang, Sun Zhi-Qiang, Song Xue-Ai, Meng Yu-Hua, Tang Hong-Mei, Chu Fang, Niu Xiao-Xia, Chen Guo-Feng, Li Jin, Duan Hui-Juan
Military Hospital of China, Beijing, China.
Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Oncotarget. 2017 Feb 21;8(8):12784-12791. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14498.
The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic was considered to be the largest and most complex outbreak, which caused 11,310 reported deaths. The epidemic disease can cause a mental health crisis, however, there is only a small amount of scientific literature available related to this health issue so far. We evaluated the psychological symptoms of 161 participants including Ebola survivors and healthcare workers in Sierra Leone, analyzed the impact of job classification, education level on psychological status. We found that the order of total general severity index (GSI) scores from high to low was EVD survivors, SL medical staff, SL logistic staff, SL medical students, and Chinese medical staff. There were 5 dimensions (obsession-compulsion, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, and paranoid ideation) extremely high in EVD survivors. GSI were associated with university education negatively. We believed our information is necessary to develop the comprehensive emergency response plan for emerging infectious disease outbreak.
2014 - 2015年埃博拉疫情被认为是规模最大、情况最复杂的疫情，报告死亡人数达11310人。这种流行病会引发心理健康危机，然而，迄今为止，关于这一健康问题的科学文献数量很少。我们评估了161名参与者的心理症状，这些参与者包括塞拉利昂的埃博拉幸存者和医护人员，分析了工作类别、教育水平对心理状态的影响。我们发现，总体严重程度指数（GSI）得分从高到低的顺序依次为埃博拉病毒病幸存者、塞拉利昂医务人员、塞拉利昂后勤人员、塞拉利昂医学生和中国医务人员。埃博拉病毒病幸存者在5个维度（强迫观念与行为、焦虑、敌对、恐惧性焦虑和偏执观念）上得分极高。GSI与大学教育呈负相关。我们认为我们的信息对于制定针对新发传染病疫情的全面应急响应计划是必要的。
