Risks of post-traumatic stress disorder among emergency medical technicians who responded to the 2016 Taiwan earthquake

Risks of post-traumatic stress disorder among emergency medical technicians who responded to the 2016 Taiwan earthquake

Background: Few studies have explored the field experiences and risk factors related to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among disaster rescue workers. Methods: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan on February 6, 2016. A standardized, paper-based, self-administered survey questionn...

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Main Authors: I Chun Ma, Wei Hung Chang, Chen-Long Wu, Chih-Hao Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Taiwan
Earthquake
Emergency medical technician
Disaster
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664619305923

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