Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Emergency Physicians in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is increasing concern about the effects of occupational stressors on the wellness of healthcare providers. Given high patient acuity, circadian rhythm disruption, and other workplace stressors, emergency physicians (EP) would be predicted to have high rates of occupational stress. We conducted this study to assess the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in attending EPs practicing in the United States.

Methods

A link to an electronic questionnaire was distributed through the emergency medicine-centric publication Emergency Medicine News. We compared the prevalence of PTSD in EPs to the general population using a chi-square goodness of fit test, and performed logistic regression to assess for significance of risk factors.

Results

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SUBMITTER: DeLucia JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754196 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature