An Acute Stress Scale for Health Care Professionals Caring for Patients With COVID-19: Validation Study

Jose Joaquin Mira   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Angel Cobos   ⁴ , MSc ;   Olga Martínez García   ⁵ , MSc ;   María José Bueno Domínguez   ⁶ , RNC ;   María Pilar Astier-Peña   ⁷ , PhD ;   Pastora Pérez Pérez   ⁸ , PhD ;   Irene Carrillo   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Mercedes Guilabert   ² , PhD ;   Virtudes Perez-Jover   ² , PhD ;   Cesar Fernandez   ⁹ , PhD ;   María Asuncion Vicente   ⁹ , PhD ;   Matilde Lahera-Martin   ¹⁰ , BSc ;   Carmen Silvestre Busto   ¹¹ , MSc ;   Susana Lorenzo Martínez   ¹² , PhD ;   Ascension Sanchez Martinez   ¹³ , PhD ;   Jimmy Martin-Delgado   ^{1, 3} , MSc ;   Aurora Mula   ¹ , BSc ;   Barbara Marco-Gomez   ¹⁴ , MSc ;   Cristina Abad Bouzan   ¹⁴ , MSc ;   Carlos Aibar-Remon   ¹⁵ , PhD ;   Jesus Aranaz-Andres   ¹⁶ , PhD ;   SARS-CoV-2 Second Victims Working Group   ^{17 *}

¹ Atenea Research Group, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research, Alicante, Spain

² Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain

³ European Research Network on Second Victims (COST Action CA-19113), Alicante, Spain

⁴ Intensive Care Unit, San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital, Granada, Spain

⁵ Psychiatry Department, San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital, Granada, Spain

⁶ Department of Patient Safety, Sagessa Group, Reus, Spain

⁷ Centro de Salud la Jota, Zaragoza, Spain

⁸ Spanish Society for Quality Care, Oviedo, Spain

⁹ Telematics Engineering Area, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain

¹⁰ Department of Occupational Health, Osasunbidea, Pamplona, Spain

¹¹ Patient Safety Department, Osasunbidea, Pamplona, Spain

¹² Department of Quality and Patient Management, Alcorcon Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

¹³ Department of Quality of Care, General University Hospital Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain

¹⁴ Mental Health Department, Calatayud Health Area, Zaragoza, Spain

¹⁵ Department of Preventive Medicine, Lozano Blesa Univerisity Clinical Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain

¹⁶ Department of Preventive Medicine, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

¹⁷ Be+ Against COVID, Alicante, Spain

*these authors contributed equally