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Work-related post-traumatic stress disorder: an italian preliminary study of bank-employees victims of robbery
No full textExposure to robbery in the workplace and mental health consequences among Italian pharmacy workers
No full textIntroduction: Workplace robbery exposure is a very common and traumatic event both in
developed and developing countries. Research about psychological effects on workers victims of
workplace robbery is relatively scarce, if compared to more “traditional” trauma studies.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of robbery-related PTSD, and its effect on quality of life and
work ability in a sample of Italian pharmacy workers.
Methods: 90 pharmacy workers victims of robbery completed a self-report questionnaire including:
socio-demographic characteristics, robberies history and descriptions, a self-report version of the
CAPS-I, General Health Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, Work Ability Index, SF-36
Health Survey Questionnaire.
Results: 79 victims reported PTSD symptoms following the robbery, decreasing over time for the
major part of them. 10 victims reported chronic PTSD, that was mainly associated with physical
injury and physical fights during the robberies. Victims with chronic PTSD reported a much lower
WAI and SF-36, and higher GHQ and BDI, than non-PTSD victims.
Conclusions: Exposure to workplace robbery can cause chronic PTSD, with severe and longlasting
reductions in quality of life and work ability. Early intervention programs in the workplaces
are needed to promote workers’ health recovery and to prevent chronic PTSD following workplace
traumatic events
Il disturbo post-traumatico da stress conseguente a rapina sul lavoro : studio pilota su 136 farmacisti
No full textIntroduction: Robbery at the place of work is one of the most common traumatic events in both developed and developing countries. Italy is one of the European countries with a medium-to-high prevalence and pharmacy and bank employees are particularly at risk. Research on the psychological effects on workers who are victims of robbery is scarce when compared with traditional trauma studies. Objective: Tb assess the association between workplace robbery, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), quality of life and work ability in a sample of Italian pharmacy workers. Methods: 136 pharmacy workers -90 robbery victims and 46 non-victims - were recruited from the Milan area. They completed a questionnaire including: socio-demographic characteristics, robbery history and description, a self-report version of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-I), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Work Ability Index (WAI), Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36). Results: No differences were found between victims and non-victims for GHQ and BDI; WAlscores of victims were significantly lower than non-victims. Exposure to robberies was associated with lower WAI in a multivariate analysis; 10 victims reported PTSD and much lower WAI and SF-36, higher GHQ and BDI than non-PTSD victims. Conclusions: Workplace robbery has a mild but long-lasting effect on workers' ability to work. For a significant proportion of victims, robbery exposure is associated with the onset ofPTSD, with increased risk for severe and long-lasting impairment of emotional well-being, quality of life and work ability. Early intervention programmes at the workplaces aimed at promoting a more rapid recovery after a traumatic event are needed
Workplace trauma exposure, emotional imbalance and work ability
No full textIntroduction: Exposure to workplace robbery is a very common and traumatic event among workers dealing with the public. Data is scarce about the association between exposure to robbery, robbery-related Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and work ability. Objective: Toassess the association between workplace robbery, robbery-related PTSD, emotional imbalance and work ability in a sample of pharmacy workers. Methods: 136 pharmacy workers - 90 robbery victims and 46 non victims - were recruited from the Milan metropolitan area. They completed a self-report questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, history of robberies, a self-report version of the CAPS-I, General Health Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, Work Ability Index. Results: No differences were found between victims and non victims for GHQ and BDI; WAI scores of victims were significantly lower than non-victims. Exposure to robberies was associated with lower WAI in a multivariate analysis. Ten victims reported Full or Partial PTSD following the robbery. Victims with PTSD reported a lower WAI and a higher GHQ and BDI than non-PTSD victims. Conclusions: Workplace robbery may have a mild but long-lasting effect on workers' work ability. This effect is higher for those developing PTSD following robbery. Further research and early intervention programs are needed to promote recovery of psychophysical health, well-being and work ability after a traumatic event in the workplace
Workplace trauma exposure, emotional imbalance and work ability
No full textIntroduction: Psychiatric disorders are among the most common diagnostic group reported on certificates for sickness absence and disability pension. Psychiatric diseases affect functions of central importance for workability, especially in jobs requiring high cognitive and social competence. However, this aspect of workability is under-investigated, particularly for workers with sub-clinical conditions. We assessed the association of Work Ability Index (WAI) and emotional imbalance. Methods: We measured WAI, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in 40 farmacy workers in Italy. We collected subjects’ occupational background and demographic characteristics. Association between WAI, subjects’ age, years in employment, general mental health and depressive symptoms were tested by Spearman correlations. Differences in WAI between subjects reporting minimal versus mild/moderate/severe BDI were tested by Mann-Whitney test. Results: Subjects were mainly young (mean age=43; range=27-65) and women (82%). 70% reported no or minimal depression while none of them had severe symptoms. GHQ mean score was 12 (SD=4.3). Five subjects (12%) reported poor/moderate WAI. Age was not associated with WAI, BDI or GHQ. BDI and GHQ were strongly related (ρ=.62; p<.001). WAI scores were negatively correlated with both GHQ (-.35; p=.026) and BDI (-.59; p<.001). Subjects reporting no or minimal depression had 6-point higher WAI than those with mild or moderate symptoms (p<.001). Conclusion: We found a moderate/strong association between depressive symptoms and occupational functional status, even among subjects without evidence of severe depressive conditions and emotional imbalance. The present study suggests a role of mild mental disturbances on workability that should be further investigated
Disturbo post-traumatico da stress e disturbo depressivo maggiore nelle vittime di rapina
No full textLa patologia stress-correlata nei bancari che hanno subito rapina: risultati preliminari di un'indagine in corso
No full textEmerging aspect of psychosocial risks: violence and harassment at work
No full textIn the last twenty years, psychosocial risks have become crucial in Occupational Health. Particularly, there is an increasing interest about psychological and physical violence at the workplaces. Psychological violence (mobbing or workplace bullying) is described as a situation in which the person has been the victim of negative acts directed to the person and work, with offences, discriminations and isolation.
Physical violence at work, still underestimated in many parts of the world, is becoming a topical subject both for its frequency and its pathogenic potential and consist of violence among workers (internal violence) and between workers and external persons (external violence). Examples of external violence are bank robberies, which are prevalent in many European countries, particulary in Italy.
The costs of psychological and physical workplace violence are very high at all levels; individual, for the implication of violence for health and quality of life as well as organizational, for the increase of absenteeism, turnover and health care demands and claims.
The Medical Centre for Occupational Stress and Harassment (CDL) of the “Clinica del Lavoro Luigi Devoto” was set up in 1996 with a day-hospital service for the diagnosis, rehabilitation and prevention of work related psychological diseases. From its opening, about 5000 patients have been examined
Modello Job Demand-Resources, esaurimento psico-fisico e coinvolgimento lavorativo nel personale di una casa per lungodegenti
No full textIn this study, we aimemed at testing the main hypothesis of the Job Denands-Resourses model (JD-R)in a sample of employee (n. 205, mainly healthcare workers) of a long-term care institution located in Northern Italy. Hierarchical linear regression analyses show that almost all job demands considered were significantly associated with higher general psycho-physical exhaustion (β ranging from 0.14 to 0.29), whereas more unfavourable scores in all job resources were associated with lower work engagement (β from -o.27 to -.51). However, also significant cross-over associations were observed, mainly between job resources and exhaustion, with effect sizes comparable with those found for the relationships between job demands and exhaustion. Hence, our study only partially support the JD-R model. Implications of results for work-related stress management are finally discussed
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