SynthesisBMC public health2020
Occupational post-traumatic stress disorder: an updated systematic review.
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- Prevalence of occupational moral injury and post-traumatic embitterment disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of occupational stress on healthcare workers' family members before and during COVID-19: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Post-incident psychosocial interventions after a traumatic incident in the workplace: a systematic review of current research evidence and clinical guidance.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Pooled it
- Revisiting the debriefing debate: does psychological debriefing reduce PTSD symptomology following work-related trauma? A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Work-related posttraumatic stress disorder in paramedics in comparison to data from the general population of working age. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- What work-related exposures are associated with post-traumatic stress disorder? A systematic review with meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Post-traumatic stress disorder: outline and updated insights focusing on occupational factors.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Review
- Evaluating Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Among Workers Admitted to a Posttraumatic Stress Injury Rehabilitation Program.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Association of Psychological Safety with PTSD Symptoms Among Regional Firefighters in South Korea: Moderating Roles of Occupational Identity and Peer Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Clinical and socioeconomic factors associated with return-to-work after upper and lower limb fractures.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- Qualitative insights into nurses' emotional and functional experiences in the 2023 military humanitarian mission to Turkey.Israel journal of health policy research · 2026Article
- Recognising occupational PTSD as a statutory occupational disease: a step forward for emergency responders' mental health in China.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Using machine learning to increase access to and engagement with trauma-focused interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Review
- Executive functions in post-traumatic stress disorder: their relation to PTSD severity and daily functioning.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- 112 What's your emergency? Overview of mental health and sleep disorders among emergency medical dispatchers in a French 112 call center.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among emergency medical services personnel in Saudi Red Crescent Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Differentiating social environments of high-risk professionals and specialised nurses: a qualitative empirical study on social embeddedness.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A State-of-the-art Review.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
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- [PTSD in paramedics: comparable to an occupational disease].Der Nervenarzt · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough numerous studies on occupational post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been conducted prior to the 1950-2010 seminal systematic review by Skogstad et al., the prevalence, risk factors, and impact of this disorder following traumatic events in occupational settings remain unclear. This study aims to address this knowledge gap by reviewing the literature published after 2010.
methodsWe reviewed literature from databases such as PubMed and Google Scholar using PRISMA guidelines to identify studies that address occupational PTSD and examined the status (prevalence or incidence), the risk factors, and the health effects of PTSD among workers.
resultsIn total, 123 articles were identified, and finally, 31 (25.2%) articles were selected after excluding duplicates. Various occupational traumatic physical events were reported such as natural or manmade disaster, explosion, accident, handling refugee corpses, or bullying at work. Risk of PTSD was closely associated with working conditions, severity of injury, history of mental disorder, occurrence of psychiatric symptoms at the time of the event, personality, interpersonal relationships, etc. Workers with PTSD were likely to experience a deterioration of physical and psychological health and impairment of social and occupational functioning.
conclusionsOur review suggests that many workers remain highly vulnerable to occupational PTSD and its consequences.
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