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KMID : 0607520170250020111
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Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
2017 Volume.25 No. 2 p.111 ~ p.119
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The Effects of MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) Event on the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Healthcare Workers and the Public with the Mediating Effect of Resilience
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Kwon Hyuk-Min
Kim Tae-Hyung
Choi Mal-Rye
Kim Byong-Jo
Kim Hyeong-Wook
Song Ok-Sun
Eun Hun-Jeong
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of stress on psychosocial wellbeing at the time of an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome(MERS) and to investigate the effect of resilience as a mediator on the relationship between stress and psychosocial wellbeing.
Methods: Perceived Stress Scale, Psychosocial Wellbeing Index Short Form, and the Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale was implemented for 156 medical persons who worked at the hospital in which exposure to MERS cases had been confirmed and 127 ordinary people. We conducted a Pearson correlation coefficient and a hierarchical multiple regression to confirm the effect of stress on psychosocial wellbeing and the mediating effect of resilience between stress and psychosocial wellbeing.
Results: The higher the perceived stress, the lower the psychosocial wellbeing in both healthcare workers and the public. The higher the perceived stress, the lower the resilience and the research results showed that there was a partially mediating effect of resilience in the relationship between stress and psychosocial wellbeing.
Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the degree of individual resilience can indirectly give a positive effect on the psychosocial wellbeing when people under the stress by MERS shows adverse effects on psychosocial wellbeing. This suggests that clinical intervention and psychosocial approach aiming at strengthening resilience is important to maintain mental health during crisis development.
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KEYWORD
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Middle east respiratory syndrome(MERS), Resilience, Stress, Psychosocial wellbeing
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