Increased prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in critical care nurses

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 693-697

  Mealer, Meredith L ^a   Shelton, April ^a   Berg, Britt ^a   Rothbaum, Barbara ^a   Moss, Marc ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depression; Intensive care units; Nursing; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34047218003     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200606-735OC     Document Type: Article

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