Gender and Age Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Among Buffalo Police Officers

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel-CM ; Darensburg T ; Fekedulegn D ; Hartley TA ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  Because of the stressful nature of police work, officers may be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. The Impact of Event Scale (IES) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) survey were administered to 100 officers. Mean IES and CES-D scores and prevalence of PTSD and depression were compared across gender and age. Female officers had higher mean IES and CES-D scores than male officers. Mean CES-D scores tended to increase with age, whereas mean IES scores varied little across age. Prevalence of depression was greater among women (22.0%) than men (12.1%), yet differences were less evident for PTSD (36.6% women, 34.5% men). Depression and PTSD tended to increase with age and were not explained by gender, marital status, or education. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Epidemiology Law Enforcement Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Age-factors BCOPS Police-officers Psychological-disorders Psychological-effects Psychological-reactions Psychological-stress Sex-factors Stress
• ISSN:
  1534-7656
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  220-228
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031839
• Citation:
  Traumatology 2006 Sep; 12(3):220-228
• Contact Point Address:
  Cecil M. Burchfiel, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Email:
  cburchfiel@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Traumatology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1b0d33f0fa03ff01c50a18c0d5c74f3f6abfd214ba711160487b40be88a2ed245c3c889f4b5413af15cc0588eeb33df38803fc996522e19e3bb1af11bc00d899
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185978/cdc_185978_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.42 MB ]