Secondary traumatic stress and its assocaited factors among medical staff in Foshan city
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Objective: To understand the secondary traumatic stress（STS）among medical staff of Foshan and its related factors，and providing evidence for promoting the mental health of medical staff. Methods: 1423 medical staffs in public hospitals were selected，and evaluated STS by Professional Quality of Occupational Life Scale（ProQOL），evaluated personality trait by Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory brief version（CBF–PI–B），General Self-Efficacy Scale（GSES），Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale（RSES），Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale（CDRS），Langer Mindfulness Scale（LMS），and Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale（MSHS），and analysed the relationship between STS and personality trait. Results: The STS score of medical staff was positively associated with the scores of positional title，hospital rank，qualification，working hours，annual income，Neuroticism and Conscientiousness in CBF–PI–B，Humor Coping in MSHS（r=0.06-0.40，P<0.05），and negative associated with the scores of Other Social Support in MSPSS，Engagement in LMS and RSES（r=-0.24，-0.19， 0.29，P<0.01）. Conclusion: The STS of medical staff is positively associated with age, income, hospital rank，positional title，working hours，qualification, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Humor Coping, and negatively associated with Other Social Support, Engagement and Selfesteem.
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