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KMID : 1031020210270010010
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Quality Improvement in Health Care
2021 Volume.27 No. 1 p.10 ~ p.19
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The Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among Emergency Room Workers and Factors Contributing to Its Occurrence
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Ko Dong-Ryul
Kim Gun-Bea
Lee Ji-Hwan
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was designed to investigate that the prevalence of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and occupational environmental factors that contribute to the developing of PTSD in workers who worked in emergency room in Korea.
Methods: This study is a multicenter cross-sectional study that was conducted in three emergency rooms. Data was collected by self-response method through questionnaire. The Impact Event Scale-Revised was used to screen the highrisk group of PTSD. Univariate and multivariate regression analysis was used to identify the factors associated with the developing of high-risk group of PTSD.
Results: Total 211 subjects responded to the questionnaire. Of these, 170 subjects experienced psychological trauma event (PTE) in the working environment. And 60 subjects classified as high risk group of PTSD, so a prevalence of high risk group for PTSD was 28.4%. Factors related to the high risk group of PTSD were the frequency of psychological trauma events experienced over the past 1 year and the high score of QIDS-SR16.
Conclusion: The prevalence of high risk group for PTSD among emergency room workers in Korea is very high. This may adversely affect the safety of patients, so early screening and intervention are necessary.
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KEYWORD
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, Emergency service, Prevalence
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