2007
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000252010.19753.19
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Psychological Distress of Rescue Workers Eight and One-Half Years After Professional Involvement in the Amsterdam Air Disaster

Abstract: This study examined specific and general psychological distress 8.5 years following the 1992 cargo aircraft crash in Amsterdam. Participants included 334 occupationally exposed fire fighters and 834 occupationally exposed police officers compared with reference groups of 194 fire fighters and 634 police officers who were exposed to duty-related stressors other than the disaster. On the standardized instruments of psychological distress, exposed fire fighters reported more somatic complaints and fatigue, while … Show more

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“…In many studies, the exposure to traumatic stress by rescue workers has been considered secondary (Hyman, 2004;Hyman, 2005;Wagner et al, 1998). However, the distinction between primary and secondary traumatic stress is often blurred among on site rescue workers, and there are differences in the level of PTSD among those who arrived immediately after the disaster and worked directly with the victims as opposed to those whose exposure was less direct (Witteveen et al, 2007). The reason that body handlers had less TSS than survivors may be related to either the absence of physical injury or that their training and repeated exposure to violent events provided them with useful coping techniques that minimized TSS.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…In many studies, the exposure to traumatic stress by rescue workers has been considered secondary (Hyman, 2004;Hyman, 2005;Wagner et al, 1998). However, the distinction between primary and secondary traumatic stress is often blurred among on site rescue workers, and there are differences in the level of PTSD among those who arrived immediately after the disaster and worked directly with the victims as opposed to those whose exposure was less direct (Witteveen et al, 2007). The reason that body handlers had less TSS than survivors may be related to either the absence of physical injury or that their training and repeated exposure to violent events provided them with useful coping techniques that minimized TSS.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Witteveen et al (2007) found an association between PTSD symptoms and fatigue in exposed rescue workers 8 years after an aircraft crash. In multiple hierarchical logistic regression analyses, PTSD symptoms were not significantly associated with fatigue at follow-up (Spinhoven & Verschuur, 2006).…”
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confidence: 95%
“…Pre-disaster, the demographic factors of being single, older and of lower educational level have negative associations (Witteveen et al, 2007), resilience being protective, but not a unitary construct, having been defined as a "complex repertoire of behavioural tendencies" (Agaibi and Wilson, 2005). Peri-disaster risk factors relate to the impact of the event, including critical incidents such as seeing, or handling, dead bodies or experiencing significant personal danger.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%