Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Governmental Public Health Workforce and General Population

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We aimed to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19-related posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in the governmental public health workforce and in US adults, assess differences in reporting PTSS within subgroups, and evaluate whether frontline workers reported higher levels of PTSS than persons in other jobs. We used data from 2 nationally representative studies: the 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) and the COVID-19 and Life Stressors Impact on Mental Health and Well-being (CLIMB) study. Our study found that the state and local governmental public health workforce was more likely to report PTSS than the general adult population. Almost a quarter of public health agency employees (24.7%) and 21.1% of adults reported at least 3 symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Differences in levels of PTSS appeared within demographic groups for both samples. Personal care and service frontline workers had 4.3 times the odds of reporting symptoms of posttraumatic stress than non-frontline workers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP - 30(2023), 1 vom: 12. Jan., Seite E14-E20

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dewhurst, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Ettman, Catherine K [VerfasserIn]
Hare Bork, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Thornburg, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Abdalla, Salma M [VerfasserIn]
Galea, Sandro [VerfasserIn]
Castrucci, Brian C [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 16.11.2023

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/PHH.0000000000001837

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363748873