SynthesisActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2020
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in healthcare workers: a ten-year systematic review.
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- Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in healthcare workers before and during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Physician Posttraumatic Stress Disorder During COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
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- Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Healthcare Workers Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Organizational compassion in health care settings: A mixed-methods systematic review of employee experiences and outcomes and contributing organizational traits.Health care management reviewPooled it
- Creative strengthening groups as a potential intervention to enhance job satisfaction and reduce levels of burnout in healthcare professionals: results from the randomized controlled trial UPGRADE.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
- Detection of Microbehavior Intervals for Predicting Mental Health: Clinically Relevant and Advanced Multimodal Temporal Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Burnout, PTSD, and Medical Error: The Medico-Legal Implications of the Mental Health Crisis Among Frontline Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Persistent Traumatic Stress Exposure: Rethinking PTSD for Frontline Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Addressing PTSD symptoms in first responders and healthcare workers through trauma-focused treatment in Employee Assistance Programs: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Analysis of factors influencing post-pandemic sleep quality among hospital clinical staff in Haikou, China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as predictors of peace of mind among healthcare workers working with war victims.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Assessment of Mental Health in Healthcare Workers Involved in Care of Victims of the 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- From Research to Practice: Implementing an Evidence-Based Intervention for Nurse Well-Being in a Healthcare System.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder in inpatient psychiatry staff: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Violence and harassment against healthcare workers: a psychological-clinical perspective on a survey in a Policlinic Hospital.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- The Disaster of the Century: Effects of the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes on the Sleep and Mental Health of Healthcare Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Symptoms and Mental Health Outcomes among Italian Healthcare Workers: A Latent Class Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Continuing the conversation: a cross-sectional study about the effects of work-related adverse events on the mental health of Dutch (resident) obstetrician-gynaecologists (ObGyns).BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Compassion Fatigue in Emergency Medicine: Current Perspectives.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2024Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsHealthcare workers (HCWs) employed in hospital settings frequently experience many occupational stressors leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Literature has increasingly highlighted PTSD as a major issue that involves both staff and healthcare organizations; the consequences of PTSD may include medication errors and lower standards of care. The current COVID-19 pandemic poses the need for preventing PTSD in HCWs working closely with COVID-19 patients. The purpose of this systematic review was to analyze the latest developments in assessing and managing the occupational risk of PTSD symptoms in hospital HCWs.
methodsWe searched for publications in MEDLINE/Pubmed using selected keywords. Each article was reviewed and categorized into one or more of the following four categories based on its subject matter: risk assessment, risk management and occurrence rates.
resultsOur search resulted in a total of 32 publications that matched our inclusion criteria. Increased years of service, older age, previous year exposure to violence, personality traits (i.e. neuroticism), history of mental disorders, being non-graduates, were found to be workers' pre-trauma factors predicting PTSD symptoms.
conclusionsThe findings suggest the need to prioritize preventative interventions aimed to anticipate the effects of traumatic exposure by training HCWs in evidence based anticipatory methods of coping with stressful events. With regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we found evidence of the need to strength social support and training targeted at psychological skills of medical staff who treated COVID-19 patients.
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