Post-traumatic stress disorder among the staff of a mental health hospital: Prevalence and risk factors
South African Journal of Psychiatry
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Post-traumatic stress disorder among the staff of a mental health hospital: Prevalence and risk factors | |
| Creator | Olashore, Anthony A. Akanni, Oluyemi O. Molebatsi, Keneilwe Ogunjumo, John A. | |
| Description | Background: Mental health service providers are frequently exposed to stress and violence in the line of duty. There is a dearth of data concerning the psychological sequelae of the frequent exposure to stress and violence, especially among those who work in resource-limited countries such as Botswana.Aim: To determine the prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among mental health workers in a tertiary mental health institute in Botswana.Setting: The study was conducted in Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital, which is the only referral psychiatric hospital in Botswana.Methods: The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. A total of 201 mental health workers completed a researcher-designed psycho-socio-demographic questionnaire, which included one neuroticism item of the Big Five Inventory, and a PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C), which was used to assess symptoms of PTSD.Results: Majority of the study participants were general nurses (n = 121, 60.5%) and females (n = 122, 60.7%). Thirty-seven (18.4%) of the participants met the criteria for PTSD. Exposure to violence in the past 12 months (AOR = 3.26; 95% CI: 1.49–7.16) and high neuroticism score (AOR = 2.72; 95% CI: 1.19–6.24) were significantly associated with the diagnosis of PTSD among the participants.Conclusion: Post-traumatic stress disorder could result from stressful events encountered in the course of managing patients in mental health institutes and departments. Pre-placement personality evaluation of health workers to be assigned to work in psychiatric units and post-incident trauma counselling of those exposed to violence may be beneficial in reducing the occurrence of PTSD in mental hospital health care workers. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-08-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v24i0.1222 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 24 (2018); 6 pages 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
| Language | eng | |
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