Table 1 Summary of published studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the status of post-traumatic stress disorder among workers
From: Occupational post-traumatic stress disorder: an updated systematic review
First author. | Year | Country | Study design | Trauma | Participants | Trauma assessment | Prevalence or incidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sakuma, A | 2015 | Japan | Cross-sectional | Working after earthquake | 1294 disaster relief and reconstruction workers (327 firefighters, 610 local municipality workers, and 357 hospital medical workers) | PCL-S ≥ 44, 14 months after the earthquake | Local municipality workers (9.0%) Medical workers (9.3%) Firefighters (2.6%) |
Lee, JH | 2016 | Korea | Cross-sectional | Working related factors | 3817 police officers with a traumatic event over a 1-year period | IES ≥26 | All workers (41.1%) Inspector group (46.0%): assistant inspector group (42.7%) Intelligence and national security Division (43.6%), Police precinct (43.5%): traffic affairs Management department (43.3%) |
Shi, L | 2017 | China | Cross-sectional | Physical violence | 2706 healthcare workers from 39 public hospitals | PCL-C ≥ 50 | All workers (28.0%) |
Maslow, CB | 2015 | USA | Longitudinal | Working after 911 | 16,488 rescue, recovery, and clean-up workers | PCL-C | Low-stable group (53.3%) Moderate-stable group (28.7%), Moderate-increasing group (6.4%) High-decreasing group (7.7%) High-stable group (4.0%) |
Carmassi, C | 2016 | Italy | Cross-sectional | Working related factors | 110 emergency staff | Trauma and Loss Spectrum-Self Report | All (15.7%) Doctor (6.5%) Nurses (15.7%) Healthcare assistants (15.7%) |
Fichera, GP | 2015 | Italy | Cross-sectional | Bank robbery | 383 bank employee victims of robbery | IES > 34 | 13% at 45 days after the robbery |
Cukor, J | 2011 | USA | Longitudinal | Working after 911 | Clean-up and restore workers; 1) N = 727, 2) N = 2626 | 1) CAPS 2) PCL-C | 1) 8.4% at 4-years after 911, 5.8% at 6 years after 911 2) 4.8% at 4-years after 911, 2.4% at 6 years after 911 |
Bromet, EJ | 2015 | USA | Longitudinal | Working after 911 | 3231 World Trade Center responders (957 non-traditional and 2274 police) | DSM-IV | 9.7% current, 7.9% remitted, and 5.9% partial PTSD |
Shamia, NA | 2015 | UK | Cross-sectional | War in Gaza | 274 nurses | PCL-S: | 19.7% at 2 years after the war |