Abstract
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.
Highlights
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare and fatal disease caused by one of the Ebola virus strains
The total sample consisted of 161 participants and were divided into 5 categories according to working property, they were Sierra Leone (SL) medical staff (n = 59), SL logistic staff (n = 21), SL medical students (n = 22), and Chinese medical staff (n = 41), the other group consisted of 18 EVD survivors
Our study is to evaluate the psychological symptoms in various personal including EVD survivors, logistic staff, and clinical staff, etc., in Sierra Leone
Summary
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare and fatal disease caused by one of the Ebola virus strains. It was spread by close contact with patients and by use of contaminated needles and syringes in hospitals/ clinics[1,2,3,4]. The EVD outbreak in West Africa caused widespread public attention from 2014 to 2015. In response to the requests of WHO and governments of the West Africa, Chinese government have deployed Chinese aid medical teams to the most affected Liberia and Sierra Leone to provide clinical care, infection control, health promotion and post-disaster reconstruction. The Chinese aid medical teams played a vital role for the success of this battle by quick response, professional EVD management and strong support to the local health system [6,7,8]
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