SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Occupational Risk for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Depression: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.
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- Psychological trauma as a transdiagnostic risk factor for mental disorder: an umbrella meta-analysis.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Revisiting the debriefing debate: does psychological debriefing reduce PTSD symptomology following work-related trauma? A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
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- Psychosocial Occupational Exposures and Mental Illness.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022Pooled it
- The isolated effect of age on the risk of COVID-19 severe outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Post-traumatic stress disorder: outline and updated insights focusing on occupational factors.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Review
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- Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in Peruvian military: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Trauma Matters: Integrating Genetic and Environmental Components of PTSD.Advanced genetics (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Psychological trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma-related depression: A mini-review.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- The Pain Management of Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Emerging Issues in Occupational Health Psychology.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Acute kidney injury and mortality risk in older adults with COVID-19.Journal of nephrology · 2021Observational
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Abstract
There is evidence suggesting that occupational trauma leads to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. However, there is a lack of high-quality reviews studying this association. We, therefore, conducted a systematic review with a meta-analysis to summarize the evidence of occupational trauma on PTSD and depression. After a database search on studies published between 1994 and 2018, we included 31 studies, of which only four had a low risk of bias. For soldiers exposed to wartime deployment, the pooled relative risk (RR) was 2.18 (95% CI 1.83-2.60) for PTSD and 1.15 (95% CI 1.06-1.25) for depression. For employees exposed to occupational trauma, there also was an increased risk for PTSD (RR = 3.18; 95% CI 1.76-5.76) and for depression (RR = 1.73; 95% CI 1.44-2.08). The overall quality of the evidence according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach was moderate; the evidence was high only for the association between workers after exposure to trauma and development of PTSD. The study results indicate an increased risk of PTSD and depression in soldiers after participation in war and in employees after occupational trauma.
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