Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Workers in Singapore

Affiliations

¹ National University Health System and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore (B.Y.T., L.L.Y., V.K.S.).
² National University Health System, Singapore (N.W.C., M.J., Y.G., K.Z., H.C., B.P.C., S.S., B.C., J.J.O., P.R.P., L.Y.W., R.S., J.T.C., A.Y.N., H.L.T.).
³ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore (G.K.L.).
⁴ Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore (A.A., F.A.K., G.N.S.).
⁵ National University of Singapore, Singapore (C.S.H.).
⁶ Institute of Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore (R.C.H.).

Benjamin Y Q Tan et al. Ann Intern Med. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 18;173(4):317-320.

doi: 10.7326/M20-1083. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

¹ National University Health System and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore (B.Y.T., L.L.Y., V.K.S.).
² National University Health System, Singapore (N.W.C., M.J., Y.G., K.Z., H.C., B.P.C., S.S., B.C., J.J.O., P.R.P., L.Y.W., R.S., J.T.C., A.Y.N., H.L.T.).
³ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore (G.K.L.).
⁴ Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore (A.A., F.A.K., G.N.S.).
⁵ National University of Singapore, Singapore (C.S.H.).
⁶ Institute of Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore (R.C.H.).

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[COVID-19 and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among health care professionals].
Underner M, Perriot J, Peiffer G, Jaafari N. Underner M, et al. Rev Mal Respir. 2021 Feb;38(2):216-219. doi: 10.1016/j.rmr.2020.11.014. Epub 2021 Jan 20. Rev Mal Respir. 2021. PMID: 33546928 Free PMC article. French. No abstract available.

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