The mediation effect of depression and alcohol use disorders on the association between post-traumatic stress disorder and obstructive sleep apnea risk in 51,149 Korean firefighters

Kim, Johanna Inhyang; Park, Heyeon; Min, Beomjun; Oh, Sohee; Lee, Ji Hye; Kim, Jeong Hyun

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.077

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“…The reversed happens in the opposite end, with a notable concentration of studies with a high PTSD prevalence and low standard errors. We discarded the effects of larger studies because the two largest, including 51,149 firefighters (Kim et al, 2021) and 53,700 disaster workers (Nagamine et al, 2020) showed a rather low PTSD prevalence (3%) and the hypothetised effect was expected to be the opposite with more studies in the top-left corner.…”

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Are rescue workers still at risk? A meta‐regression analysis of the worldwide prevalence of post‐traumatic stress disorder and risk factors

Martínez,

Blanch

2024

Stress and Health

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Rescue workers (policemen, firefighters, emergency medical staff, etc.) experience intense stress due to rescuing and helping victims of accidents, terrorist attacks, violent crimes, and natural disasters. Overexposure and ineffective coping with such stressful events may lead to developing Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Meta‐regression procedures were applied to examine moderators such as the sample sex composition, age, working experience, occupation, country, or type of PTSD evaluation. The 9.8% PTSD prevalence found here was virtually the same compared with earlier findings from 10 years ago. There was a large heterogeneity, however, associated with geographical location and the instrument used to evaluate PTSD. The main findings revealed that rescue workers are a high‐risk group with increased levels of Post‐traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Moreover, PTSD prevalence could depend on a great extent on geographical and cultural factors, and on the type of PTSD evaluation.

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confidence: 99%