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On-Duty Nonfatal Injury that Lead to Work Absences Among Police Officers and Level of Perceived Stress
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Nov 2017
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Source: J Occup Environ Med. 59(11):1084-1088.
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Alternative Title:J Occup Environ Med
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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.
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Pubmed ID:28816733
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC5972680
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Volume:59
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Issue:11
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