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dc.contributor.authorMcGarry, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorGirdler, Sonya
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, A.
dc.contributor.authorValentine, J.
dc.contributor.authorLee, S.
dc.contributor.authorBlair, E.
dc.contributor.authorWood, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorElliott, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:59:44Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:59:44Z
dc.date.created2013-08-21T20:00:23Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMcGarry, Sarah and Girdler, Sonya and McDonald, Ann and Valentine, Jane and Lee, Shew-Lee and Blair, Eve and Wood, Fiona and Elliott, Catherine. 2013. Paediatric health-care professionals: Relationships between psychological distress, resilience and coping skills. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 49 (9): pp. 725-732.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17120
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jpc.12260
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Aim: To investigate the impact of regular exposure to paediatric medical trauma on multidisciplinary teams in a paediatric hospital and the relationships between psychological distress, resilience and coping skills. Method: Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, secondary traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, resilience and coping skills were measured in 54 health professionals and compared with published norms. Results: Participants experienced more symptoms of secondary traumatic stress (P < 0.01), showed less resilience (P = 0.05) and compassion satisfaction (≥0.01), more use of optimism and sharing as coping strategies, and less use of dealing with the problem and non-productive coping strategies than comparative groups. Non-productive coping was associated with more secondary traumatic stress (r = 0.50, P = 0.05), burnout (r = 0.45, P = 0.01), post-traumatic stress disorder (r = 0.41, P = 0.05), anxiety (r = 0.42, P = 0.05), depression (r = 0.54, P = 0.01), and stress (r = 0.52, P = 0.01) and resilience was positively associated with optimism (r = 0.48, P = 0.01). Health professionals <25 years old used more non-productive coping strategies (P = 0.05), less ‘sharing as a coping strategy’ (P = 0.05) and tended to have more symptoms of depression (P = 0.06). Conclusion: Paediatric medical trauma can adversely affect a health professional's well-being, particularly those <25 years of age who make less use of positive coping strategies and more use of non-productive coping. These findings will assist the development of effective and meaningful interventions for health professionals working in paediatric hospitals.

dc.publisherBlackwell Scientific Publications
dc.subjectpsychiatry/mental health
dc.subjecttrauma
dc.subjectmultidisciplinary team
dc.titlePaediatric health-care professionals: Relationships between psychological distress, resilience and coping skills
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume2013
dcterms.source.issn10344810
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health
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