PTSD prevalence and associated risk factors after a fire disaster that broke out in a paediatric hospital: A crosssectional study

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 163-173

  Zaffina, S ^a   Camisa, Vincenzo ^a   Monducci, Elena ^a,b   Vinci, Maria Rosaria ^a   Vicari, S ^a   Bergamaschi, A ^c  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire disaster; Health care workers; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; FIRE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FIRES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84901047634     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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