Vicarious traumatization in the general public, members, and non-members of medical teams aiding in COVID-19 control

• Published in: Brain, behavior, and immunity Vol. 88; pp. 916 - 919
• Main Authors: Li, Zhenyu, Ge, Jingwu, Yang, Meiling, Feng, Jianping, Qiao, Mei, Jiang, Riyue, Bi, Jiangjiang, Zhan, Gaofeng, Xu, Xiaolin, Wang, Long, Zhou, Qin, Zhou, Chenliang, Pan, Yinbing, Liu, Shijiang, Zhang, Haiwei, Yang, Jianjun, Zhu, Bin, Hu, Yimin, Hashimoto, Kenji, Jia, Yan, Wang, Haofei, Wang, Rong, Liu, Cunming, Yang, Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Betacoronavirus; China - epidemiology; Compassion Fatigue - epidemiology; Compassion Fatigue - psychology; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - nursing; COVID-19; Female; Front-line nurses; General public; Humans; Male; Non-front-line nurses; Nurses - psychology; Nurses - statistics & numerical data; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - nursing; SARS-CoV-2; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vicarious traumatization; Young Adult; China; COVID-19; Vicarious traumatization; Front-line nurses; General public; Non-front-line nurses

•The vicarious traumatization scores for front-line nurses were significantly lower than those of non-front-line nurses;•The vicarious traumatization scores for the general public were significantly higher than those of front-line nurses.•Strategies that aim to prevent and treat vicarious traumatiza...