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Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents
The present descriptive study was aimed at evaluating posttraumatic and depressive symptoms and their cooccurrence, in a sample of victims of workplace accidents. Also, posttraumatic negative cognitions were assessed. Eighty-five injured workers were evaluated, using the PTSD Symptom Scale, the Beck...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22690334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/184572 |
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author | Buodo, Giulia Novara, Caterina Ghisi, Marta Palomba, Daniela |
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description | The present descriptive study was aimed at evaluating posttraumatic and depressive symptoms and their cooccurrence, in a sample of victims of workplace accidents. Also, posttraumatic negative cognitions were assessed. Eighty-five injured workers were evaluated, using the PTSD Symptom Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory II, and the posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory. 49.4% of injured workers reported both depressive and posttraumatic symptoms of clinical relevance. 20% only reported posttraumatic, but not depressive, symptoms, and 30.6% did not report either type of symptoms. The group with both posttraumatic and depressive symptoms displayed greater symptom severity and more negative cognitions about the self and about the world than the other two groups. The obtained findings indicate that workplace accidents can have a major impact upon the mental health of victims. Early interventions should be focused not only on the prevention or reduction of posttraumatic and depressive symptoms but also on restructuring specific maladaptive trauma-related cognitions. |
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spelling | pubmed-33683012012-06-11 Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents Buodo, Giulia Novara, Caterina Ghisi, Marta Palomba, Daniela Depress Res Treat Research Article The present descriptive study was aimed at evaluating posttraumatic and depressive symptoms and their cooccurrence, in a sample of victims of workplace accidents. Also, posttraumatic negative cognitions were assessed. Eighty-five injured workers were evaluated, using the PTSD Symptom Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory II, and the posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory. 49.4% of injured workers reported both depressive and posttraumatic symptoms of clinical relevance. 20% only reported posttraumatic, but not depressive, symptoms, and 30.6% did not report either type of symptoms. The group with both posttraumatic and depressive symptoms displayed greater symptom severity and more negative cognitions about the self and about the world than the other two groups. The obtained findings indicate that workplace accidents can have a major impact upon the mental health of victims. Early interventions should be focused not only on the prevention or reduction of posttraumatic and depressive symptoms but also on restructuring specific maladaptive trauma-related cognitions. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3368301/ /pubmed/22690334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/184572 Text en Copyright © 2012 Giulia Buodo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Buodo, Giulia Novara, Caterina Ghisi, Marta Palomba, Daniela Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents |
title | Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents |
title_full | Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents |
title_fullStr | Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents |
title_full_unstemmed | Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents |
title_short | Posttraumatic and Depressive Symptoms in Victims of Occupational Accidents |
title_sort | posttraumatic and depressive symptoms in victims of occupational accidents |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22690334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/184572 |
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