Mikutta, Christian; Schmid, Julia J; Ehlert, Ulrike (2022). Resilience and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the Swiss Alpine Rescue Association. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, p. 780498. Frontiers 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.780498
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Objective
The present study aimed to assess the frequency of trauma exposure, the prevalence of possible post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the extent of resilience, and sense of coherence among personnel of the Swiss alpine rescue association (ARS).
Methods
Using a trilingual online survey approach, 465 mountain rescuers of the ARS were surveyed using the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS), the PTSD Checklist 5 (PCL-5), the Resilience Scale 13 and 14 (RS-13/-14), the Perceived Stress Scale 10 (PSS-10), the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12), the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Sense of Coherence Scale 13 (SOC-13), and the Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS).
Results
Although the rate of mountain rescuers having witnessed or experienced a traumatic event was high (71%), the prevalence of possible PTSD was low (0.9%). The sample showed high resilience and high sense of coherence. Resilience was positively correlated with work experience. Low perceived stress and high sense of coherence predicted resilience. The severity of PTSD symptoms was mainly predicted by low sense of coherence. Sense of coherence mediated the interaction between resilience and severity of PTSD symptoms.
Conclusion
The findings suggest that resilience and sense of coherence are indicative for the low prevalence of possible PTSD among mountain rescuers, and may therefore represent valuable screening and training parameters for mountain rescue personnel.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Translational Research Center 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Mikutta, Christian |
ISSN: |
1664-0640 |
Publisher: |
Frontiers |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
12 Apr 2022 14:59 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:36 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyt.2022.780498 |
PubMed ID: |
35401258 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
mountain rescue post-traumatic stress disorder resilience sense of coherence trauma |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/169228 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/169228 |
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