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ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2020

Associations between Trauma Exposure and Physical Conditions among Public Safety Personnel: Associations entre l'exposition à un traumatisme et les problèmes physiques chez le personnel de la santé publique.

Jordana L Sommer, Renée El-Gabalawy, Tamara Taillieu, Tracie O Afifi, R Nicholas Carleton

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Article in Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Canadian Public Safety Personnel and Occupational Stressors: How PSP Interpret Stressors on Duty.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jordana L SommerDepartment of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8311-1854
Renée El-GabalawyDepartment of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Tamara TaillieuDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Tracie O AfifiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
R Nicholas CarletonDepartment of Psychology, University of Regina, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6083-8935
University of Manitoba · CAUniversity of Regina · CA

Funding

CIHR 320095 340100CIHR FRN 162545CIHR FRN 285489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTrauma exposure is associated with adverse health-related correlates, including physical comorbidities, and is highly prevalent among public safety personnel (PSP). The current study (1) examined the association between context of index trauma exposure (part of job vs. other) and physical conditions and (2) established the prevalence of physical conditions according to PSP category (e.g., police, paramedic) and index trauma type (e.g., serious accident, physical assault) in a large Canadian sample of PSP.

methodsPSP completed an online survey between September 2016 and January 2017. Multivariable logistic regressions examined associations between context of index trauma exposure (i.e., part of job vs. other) and physical condition categories. Cross-tabulations with chi-square analyses examined whether the prevalence of physical conditions significantly differed according to PSP category and index trauma type.

resultsThere were 5,267 PSP included in the current study. Results from the most stringent model of logistic regressions demonstrated that, compared to PSP who experienced their index trauma in any other context, PSP who experienced it as part of their job had reduced odds of "other" physical conditions (adjusted odds ratio = 0.73, 95% confidence interval, 0.57 to 0.94,

conclusionResults highlight the relevance of trauma exposure outside of an occupational context among PSP and may have implications for the positive impact of stress inoculation and resiliency training programs for PSP.

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