Prevalence and predictors of secondary traumatic stress symptoms in health care professionals working with trauma victims: A cross-sectional study

Autor: Edyta Kędra, Paulina Michalska, Piotr Gurowiec, Nina Ogińska-Bulik
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Cross-sectional study
Health Care Providers
Emotions
Nurses
Social Sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cognition
Risk Factors
Health care
Medicine and Health Sciences
Prevalence
Psychology
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical Personnel
Burnout
Professional
Multidisciplinary
030504 nursing
Cognitive restructuring
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Workload
Middle Aged
Anxiety Disorders
Professions
Medicine
Job satisfaction
Female
Compassion Fatigue
0305 other medical science
Clinical psychology
Research Article
Adult
Science
Political Science
Health Personnel
Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Neuroses
Job Satisfaction
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
Young Adult
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Supervisors
Humans
Aged
Labor Studies
business.industry
Biology and Life Sciences
Social Support
Regret
Health Care
Cross-Sectional Studies
Compassion fatigue
People and Places
Cognitive Science
Population Groupings
business
Neuroscience
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 2, p e0247596 (2021)
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247596
Popis: Introduction Medical personnel is an occupational group that is especially prone to secondary traumatic stress. The factors conditioning its occurrence include organizational and work-related factors, as well as personal features and traits. The aim of this study was to determine Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) indicators in a group of medical personnel, considering occupational load, job satisfaction, social support, and cognitive processing of trauma. Material and methods Results obtained from 419 medical professionals, paramedics and nurses, were analyzed. The age of study participants ranged from 19 to 65 (M = 39.60, SD = 11.03). A questionnaire developed for this research including questions about occupational indicators as well as four standard evaluation tools: Secondary Traumatic Stress Inventory, Job Satisfaction Scale, Social Support Scale which measures four support sources (supervisors, coworkers, family, friends) and Cognitive Processing of Trauma Scale which allows to evaluate cognitive coping strategies (positive cognitive restructuring, downward comparison, resolution/acceptance, denial, regret) were used in the study. Results The results showed that the main predictor of STS symptoms in the studied group of medical personnel is job satisfaction. Two cognitive strategies also turned out to be predictors of STS, that is regret (positive relation) and resolution/acceptance (negative relation). The contribution of other analyzed variables, i.e., denial, workload and social support to explaining the dependent variable is rather small. Conclusions Paramedics and nurses are at the high risk of indirect traumatic exposure and thus may be more prone to secondary traumatic stress symptoms development. It is important to include the medical personnel in the actions aiming at prevention and reduction of STS symptoms.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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