Exploring PTSD in emergency operators of a major University Hospital in Italy: a preliminary report on the role of gender, age, and education

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作者
Carmassi, Claudia [1 ]
Gesi, Camilla [1 ]
Corsi, Martina [1 ]
Cremone, Ivan M. [1 ]
Bertelloni, Carlo A. [1 ]
Massimetti, Enrico [1 ]
Olivieri, Maria Cristina [2 ]
Conversano, Ciro [1 ]
Santini, Massimo [2 ]
Dell'Osso, Liliana [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pisa, Sect Psychiat, Dept Clin & Expt Med, Via Roma 67, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[2] AOUP, Emergency Med & Emergency Room Unit, Pisa, Italy
来源
ANNALS OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY | 2018年 / 17卷
关键词
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Emergency personnel; Nurses; Health care assistants; Work and social functioning/adjustment; Age; Gender; Education; POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER; HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS; LAQUILA; 2009; EARTHQUAKE; DSM-IV-TR; SPECTRUM SYMPTOMS; AMBULANCE WORKERS; SERVICE WORKERS; TRAUMA EXPOSURE; RISK-FACTORS; PREVALENCE;
D O I
10.1186/s12991-018-0184-4
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Background: Emergency services personnel face frequent exposure to potentially traumatic events, with the potential for chronic symptomatic distress. The DSM-5 recently recognized a particular risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among first responders (criterion A4) but data are still scarce on prevalence rates and correlates. Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore the possible role of age, gender, and education training in a sample of emergency personnel diagnosed with DSM-5 PTSD. Methods: The Trauma and Loss Spectrum-Self-Report (TALS-SR) and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) were administered to 42 between nurses and health care assistants, employed at the emergency room of a major University Hospital (Pisa) in Italy. Results: 21.4% of the sample reported DSM-5 PTSD with significantly higher scores in the TALS-SR domain exploring the acute reaction to trauma and losses among health care assistants, older, and non-graduated subjects. A significant correlation between the number of the TALS-SR symptoms endorsed, corresponding to DSM-5 PTSD diagnostic criteria emerged in health care assistants. Conclusions: Despite further studies are needed in larger samples, our data suggest a high risk for PTSD and post-traumatic stress spectrum symptoms in nurses and health care workers operating in an emergency department, particularly among health care assistants, women, older, and non-graduated operators.
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