Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Professional Burnout among Local Government Staff Seven Years after the Wenchuan Earthquake in China: A longitudinal study

2021 ◽  
pp. 102689
Author(s):  
Yunge Fan ◽  
Lili Guan ◽  
Hu Xiang ◽  
Xianmei Yang ◽  
Guoping Huang ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
The Wenchuan Earthquake

scholarly journals ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD Among Hospital Medical Workers in China: Impacts of Wenchuan Earthquake Exposure, Workplaces, and Sociodemographic Factors

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sijian Li ◽  
Chunlan Guo ◽  
Sunshine S. S. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Complex Ptsd ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hospital Medical ◽  
The Wenchuan Earthquake

BackgroundPrevious studies address posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following disasters as a public health issue. However, few studies investigate the long-term effect of disaster exposure on PTSD among hospital medical workers (HMWs).ObjectivesThis study aimed to study the prevalence of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD (CPTSD) among exposed and non-exposed HMWs 11 years after the Wenchuan earthquake in China, to identify the factors associated with PTSD and CPTSD scores, and to examine the factor structures of PTSD and CPTSD models.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered online questionnaire. Two thousand fifty-nine valid samples were collected from four hospitals in 2019. Descriptive statistical analysis, multivariate regression models, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed.ResultsThe prevalence of PTSD and CPTSD was 0.58 and 0.34%, respectively. The unexposed group reported higher PTSD and CPTSD scores than the exposed group. The type of workplace and marital status were significantly associated with the PTSD and CPTSD scores of HMWs. The CFA results indicate that both the correlated first-order model and the correlated two-layer model were a good fit to explain the structure of PTSD and CPTSD.ConclusionThese findings suggest that few HMWs who were exposed to the Wenchuan earthquake suffered from PTSD or CPTSD 11 years following the disaster. However, psychological support was still necessary for all HMWs, especially for unmarried HMWs who were Working in smaller hospitals. Further research is required to analyze mental health status using ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD to provide ongoing evidence to help HWMs cope effectively with the challenges of future disasters.

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