CDC logoSafer Healthier People  CDC HomeCDC SearchCDC Health Topics A-Z
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Skip navigation links Search NIOSH  |  NIOSH Home  |  NIOSH Topics  |  Site Index  |  Databases and Information Resources  |  NIOSH Products  |  Contact Us

Search for NIOSH Publications: NIOSHTIC-2

NIOSHTIC-2 Search Results

      Advanced Search  |  Help  |  About  |  Feedback 
Terms: 20031839 1 - 1 of 1 Bibliographic entries All record(s) shown.
Save All   |   Save Page View Saved    |    Download
Select check boxes to automatically save entries, or use 'save all' or 'save page' links above.

 1 Gender and age differences in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among Buffalo police officers
Authors Darensburg-T; Andrew-ME; Hartley-TA; Burchfiel-CM; Fekedulegn-D; Violanti-JM 
Source Traumatology 2006 Sep; 12(3):220-228 
Link http://tmt.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/3/220 
NIOSHTIC No. 20031839 
AbstractBecause 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. 
KeywordsPsychological-disorders; Psychological-effects; Psychological-stress; Psychological-reactions; Stress; Epidemiology; Police-officers; Age-factors; Sex-factors 
ContactCecil M. Burchfiel, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 
Publication Date20060901 
Document TypeJournal Article 
Email Addresscburchfiel@cdc.gov 
Funding TypePurchase Order 
Fiscal Year2006 
NTIS Accession No. 
NTIS Price 
Identifying No.Purchase-Order-HELD01B088 
Issue of Publication
ISSN1534-7656 
NIOSH DivisionHELD 
Source NameTraumatology 
StateWV; NY 
Page 1 of 1
All record(s) shown.