On-Duty Nonfatal Injury That Lead to Work Absences Among Police Officers and Level of Perceived Stress

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew M ; Bingham CR ; Burchfiel CM ; Fekedulegn D ; Harlow S ; McCullagh M ; Park SK ; Violanti J ; West C
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: We examined prevalence, frequency, duration, and recency of injury leave and the association of duty-related injury with perceived stress in U.S. police officers. METHODS: This cross-sectional study contained 422 active duty police officers from a mid-sized urban police department. For each participating officer, work history records were used to assess on-duty injuries that lead to work absences. Linear regression analyses were used for analyses. RESULTS: Most participants had experienced at least one injury (62%), and among those injured, 67% experienced more than one duty-related injury. The average number of injuries per officer was three (range 1 to 12). There was a significant linear trend in mean perceived stress across injury count even after adjusting for age, rank, and sex (P=0.025). CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that work-related injury is common and repeated work-related injuries are psychologically distressing in U.S. police officers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Law Enforcement Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  BCOPS Cross Sectional Studies Injuries Job Stress Law Enforcement Workers Police Officers Psychological Effects
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050300
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Nov; 59(11):1084-1088
• Contact Point Address:
  Christine West, PhD, RN, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2280 Lilongwe Place, Dulles, VA 20189
• Email:
  bwj2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20150901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20190831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bc0e4bf637bcff4ac2fb95a5e446536ea167c055d7a1b4399495fdfc38237377ee0dac2771f10c571a6006de42a5f537b4c0776517f16480bf17603dc7e7dcb6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210710/cdc_210710_DS1.pdf
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