TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Post-traumatic stress reactions amongst rescue workers after a major rail accident
JO  - Anxiety research
A1  - Andersen, Henrik Steen
A1  - Christensen, Anders   Korsgaard
A1  - Petersen, Gorm   Odden
SP  - 245
EP  - 251
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
N2  - Abstract Rescue tasks under heavy strain may act as traumatic events creating stress reactions among the rescue workers. After a major rail accident the rescue workers were examined by questionnaire at 3 and 7 months postaccident using the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ), Impact of Event Scale (IES) and a structured questionnaire made for the purpose. Eighteen percent of the 77 rescue workers who participated in the study had GHQ-case-score and 10% had IES-case-score at 7 months using the usual GHQ-cut-off (4/5) and a low IES-cut-off (19/20). For the case-scorers there was a tendency towards increased GHQ- and IES-scores from 3 to 7 months. Five (6%) had post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) of low to moderate severity at 7 months.<p /> 
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SN  - 0891-7779
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08917779108248778
ID  - ref1
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