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Identification of anxiety-depressive disorders in paramedics working shift work

INTRODUCTION: Shift work can lead to mental health problems evolving into real anxiety disorders with significant socio-professional repercussions. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of our work was to screen paramedics with shift work for anxiety disorders. METHODS: Cross-sectional study carried out among the...

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Autores principales: Brahim, D., Mechergui, N., Youssef, I., Ayed, W., Mersni, M., Ernez, S., Ladhari, N.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434365/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1013
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author Brahim, D.
Mechergui, N.
Youssef, I.
Ayed, W.
Mersni, M.
Ernez, S.
Ladhari, N.
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Ernez, S.
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description INTRODUCTION: Shift work can lead to mental health problems evolving into real anxiety disorders with significant socio-professional repercussions. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of our work was to screen paramedics with shift work for anxiety disorders. METHODS: Cross-sectional study carried out among the paramedical staff of a Tunisian university hospital. The data was collected from a pre-established record sheet. Screening for anxiety-depressive disorders was done using the HAD scale RESULTS: The study included 158 paramedics. The average age was 36.48 years with female predominance at 70.9%. The average working time was 11.1 8.9 years and the average working time in shift work was 10.27 9.2 years. Of the 13 departments with non-standard hours of work, the main departments represented were resuscitation (n=24; 15.2%), emergencies (n=18; 11.4%) and radiology (n=17; 10.8%). Nurses accounted for 46.2%, manual workers for 23.4% and senior technicians for 19%.Certain anxiety symptomatology was found in 53.2% (n=84) and doubtful symptomatology in 29.1% (n=46) of the general population. Certain depressive symptomatology was noted in 17.1% (n=27) and doubtful symptomatology in 30.4% (n=48) of the general population. Occupational seniority and seniority in shift work were statistically significantly associated with both anxiety (p=0.04/p=0.05) and depression (p=0.05/p=0.006) symptomatology. ). Similarly, this anxiety-depressive symptomatology was associated with the position occupied (p=0.02 / p=0.04) and the assignment department (p=0.008 / p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Anxiety-depressive disorders are common among paramedics working shift work in hospitals. Screening consultations in occupational medicine are necessary to detect these disorders early. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST: None Declared
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spelling pubmed-104343652023-08-18 Identification of anxiety-depressive disorders in paramedics working shift work Brahim, D. Mechergui, N. Youssef, I. Ayed, W. Mersni, M. Ernez, S. Ladhari, N. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Shift work can lead to mental health problems evolving into real anxiety disorders with significant socio-professional repercussions. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of our work was to screen paramedics with shift work for anxiety disorders. METHODS: Cross-sectional study carried out among the paramedical staff of a Tunisian university hospital. The data was collected from a pre-established record sheet. Screening for anxiety-depressive disorders was done using the HAD scale RESULTS: The study included 158 paramedics. The average age was 36.48 years with female predominance at 70.9%. The average working time was 11.1 8.9 years and the average working time in shift work was 10.27 9.2 years. Of the 13 departments with non-standard hours of work, the main departments represented were resuscitation (n=24; 15.2%), emergencies (n=18; 11.4%) and radiology (n=17; 10.8%). Nurses accounted for 46.2%, manual workers for 23.4% and senior technicians for 19%.Certain anxiety symptomatology was found in 53.2% (n=84) and doubtful symptomatology in 29.1% (n=46) of the general population. Certain depressive symptomatology was noted in 17.1% (n=27) and doubtful symptomatology in 30.4% (n=48) of the general population. Occupational seniority and seniority in shift work were statistically significantly associated with both anxiety (p=0.04/p=0.05) and depression (p=0.05/p=0.006) symptomatology. ). Similarly, this anxiety-depressive symptomatology was associated with the position occupied (p=0.02 / p=0.04) and the assignment department (p=0.008 / p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Anxiety-depressive disorders are common among paramedics working shift work in hospitals. Screening consultations in occupational medicine are necessary to detect these disorders early. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST: None Declared Cambridge University Press 2023-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10434365/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1013 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mersni, M.
Ernez, S.
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title_sort identification of anxiety-depressive disorders in paramedics working shift work
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