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Burnout and trauma risk among railway workers with and without acident experience
| Resumo: | During their professional tasks, railway workers face stressful situations that can elicit posttraumatic stress and chronic job stress. This study aims to identify burnout level and the existence of PTSD among railway workers, comparing participants with and without experience of accidents at work. Using a sample of 293 railway workers, we applied sociodemographic and professional questions, the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Impact of Event Scale “ Revised. We found moderate levels of burnout, with 56% of the participants presenting high emotional exhaustion. Post-traumatic stress disorder presented moderate levels, but 32% of the sample already revealed trauma symptoms. We found that 60% of the sample has experience of accidents, presenting more emotional exhaustion and high values for all trauma dimensions. The more recent the accident, the greater are psychological avoidance and trauma symptoms, warning of the need to prevent psychological illness in the long-term. |
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| Autores principais: | Fonseca, Sérgio |
| Outros Autores: | Queirós, Cristina; Guimarães, Fabienne; Martins, Vitor |
| Assunto: | Railway accidents workers job stress trauma Circulação ferróviária acidentes trabalhadores stress no trabalho trauma |
| Ano: | 2017 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Territorium |
| Resumo: | During their professional tasks, railway workers face stressful situations that can elicit posttraumatic stress and chronic job stress. This study aims to identify burnout level and the existence of PTSD among railway workers, comparing participants with and without experience of accidents at work. Using a sample of 293 railway workers, we applied sociodemographic and professional questions, the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Impact of Event Scale “ Revised. We found moderate levels of burnout, with 56% of the participants presenting high emotional exhaustion. Post-traumatic stress disorder presented moderate levels, but 32% of the sample already revealed trauma symptoms. We found that 60% of the sample has experience of accidents, presenting more emotional exhaustion and high values for all trauma dimensions. The more recent the accident, the greater are psychological avoidance and trauma symptoms, warning of the need to prevent psychological illness in the long-term. |
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