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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2020

The mental health of emergency services personnel in the UK Biobank: a comparison with the working population.

Sharon A M Stevelink, David Pernet, Alexandru Dregan, Katrina Davis, Karen Walker-Bone, Nicola T Fear, Matthew Hotopf

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Effectiveness of Debriefing on the Mental Health of Rescue Teams: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sharon A M StevelinkDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-7986
David PernetKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Alexandru DreganDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7620-4902
Katrina DavisDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5945-4646
Karen Walker-BoneMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Nicola T FearKing's Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-2925
Matthew HotopfDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3980-4466
King's College London · GBSouthampton General Hospital · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853Medical Research Council MC_U147585823Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/5
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Alcohol misuseambulance personnelcommon mental disorder• Data from the UK Biobank was used to identify the prevalence of mental disorders among emergency services personnel and compare this to a sample of people working in other occupations.• Alcohol misuse was the most common disorder for both emergency services personnel and other workers.• Emergency services personnel were at an increased risk for PTSD compared to other workers, but this association was no longer significant after adjustment for trauma exposure and other job characteristics.• The strongest risk factors for mental disorders among both groups of workers included traumatic experiences.emergency servicesfire fighterspolicepost-traumatic stress disorderprevalence

Identifiers

PMID33062207
PMCPMC7534319
OpenAlexW3088334027

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