Post-traumatic stress reactions and doctor-certified sick leave after a workplace terrorist attack: Norwegian cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the association between the psychosocial work environment and the risk of sick leave among governmental employees with symptom-defined post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a workplace bomb attack.

Design

A prospective study on employees who met the symptom criteria for PTSD. Questionnaire data on the psychosocial work environment 10 months after the terrorist attack was linked to registry data on doctor-certified sick leave in the period 12-22 months after the attack.

Setting

The bombing of the government ministries in Oslo, Norway, 22 July 2011.

Participants

The study sample consists of 94 Norwegian governmental employees, all with symptom-defined PTSD from the Norwegian version of the PTSD checklist (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

SUBMITTER: Dale MTG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045266 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature