Prevalence and correlates of symptoms of post-Traumatic stress disorder among Chinese healthcare workers exposed to physical violence: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Shi, Lei ^a   Wang, Lingling ^b   Jia, Xiaoli ^b   Li, Zhe ^a   Mu, Huitong ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Peng, Boshi ^c   Li, Anqi ^a   Fan, Lihua ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Pediatrician Association   (China)

^c THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

coping styles; mental health; personality; physical violence; post Traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD); social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN VERSION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE SCALE; CHINA; CRIME VICTIM; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHINA; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 85026741762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016810     Document Type: Article

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