@article{ref1,
title="Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in healthcare workers: a ten-year systematic  review",
journal="Acta bio-medica de l'ateneo Parmense",
year="2020",
author="d'Ettorre, Gabriele and Pellicani, Vincenza and Ceccarelli, Giancarlo",
volume="91",
number="12-S",
pages="e2020009-e2020009",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Healthcare workers (HCWs) employed in hospital settings  frequently experience many occupational stressors leading to post-traumatic stress  disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Literature has increasingly highlighted PTSD as a major  issue that involves both staff and healthcare organizations; the consequences of  PTSD may include medication errors and lower standards of care. The current COVID-19  pandemic poses the need for preventing PTSD in HCWs working closely with COVID-19  patients. The purpose of this systematic review was to analyze the latest  developments in assessing and managing the occupational risk of PTSD symptoms in  hospital HCWs. <br><br>METHODS: We searched for publications in MEDLINE/Pubmed using  selected keywords. Each article was reviewed and categorized into one or more of the  following four categories based on its subject matter: risk assessment, risk  management and occurrence rates. <br><br>RESULTS: Our search resulted in a total of 32  publications that matched our inclusion criteria.  Increased years of service, older  age, previous year exposure to violence, personality traits (i.e. neuroticism),  history of mental disorders, being non-graduates, were found to be workers'  pre-trauma factors predicting PTSD symptoms. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest the  need to prioritize preventative interventions aimed to anticipate the effects of  traumatic exposure by training HCWs in evidence based anticipatory methods of coping  with stressful events. With regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we found  evidence of the need to strength social support and training targeted at  psychological skills of medical staff who treated COVID-19 patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0392-4203",
doi="10.23750/abm.v91i12-S.9459",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i12-S.9459"
}