id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-256504-odbaubqm Kuo, Fang‐Li Survey on perceived work stress and its influencing factors among hospital staff during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Taiwan 2020-08-19 .txt text/plain 3205 166 53 The questionnaire included items on the demographic characteristics of hospital staff and a scale to assess stress among healthcare workers caring for patients with a highly infectious disease. The five highest stress scores were observed for the items "rough and cracked hands due to frequent hand washing and disinfectant use," "inconvenience in using the toilet at work," "restrictions on eating and drinking at work," "fear of transmitting the disease to relatives and friends," and "fear of being infected with COVID‐19." Discomfort caused by protective equipment was the major stressor for the participants, followed by burden of caring for patients. This could be attributed to physical discomfort caused by protective equipment, also, nurses often Previous studies have shown that work stress is related to one's demographic characteristics, 13, 17 and that child care at home is a common problem for hospital staff, 28, 29 which is an important factor leading to work-family conflicts. ./cache/cord-256504-odbaubqm.txt ./txt/cord-256504-odbaubqm.txt