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Ya-Ting Ke [1; 2; 3] and Hsiu-Chin Chen [1] and Chien-Ho Lin [4] and Wen-Fu Kuo [1] and An-Chi Peng [1] and Chien-Chin Hsu [5; 6] and Chien-Cheng Huang [3; 5; 7; 8; 9] and Hung-Jung Lin [5; 6; 10]

Academic Editor: Giorgi Gabriele

1, Department of Nursing, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, chimei.org.tw

2, Graduate Institute of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, kmu.edu.tw

3, Bachelor Program of Senior Service, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, stust.edu.tw

4, Department of Psychiatry, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, chimei.org.tw

5, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, chimei.org.tw

6, Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, stust.edu.tw

7, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ncku.edu.tw

8, Department of Occupational Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, chimei.org.tw

9, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, chimei.org.tw

10, Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, tmu.edu.tw

Received Apr 12, 2017; Revised Jul 31, 2017; Accepted Sep 7, 2017

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1. Introduction

Early posttraumatic psychiatric disorders, a not-well defined group of diseases, including acute stress disorder (ASD), probable depression, and increased tobacco use, are common in disaster workers, including healthcare providers (HCPs) [1–3]. Posttraumatic psychiatric disorders are different from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is a specific term that symptoms must last more than a month and be severe enough to interfere with relationships or work [3]. The study on the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster workers reported that nearly 15% of disaster workers had probable ASD, 26% had probable depression, and more than half of tobacco users increased their tobacco use [1]. A 10-year longitudinal study reported that there was a persistent mental health disturbances including PTSD, anxiety, depression symptoms, and sleeping problems in the disaster victims [3]. The disaster-related ASD and depression may cause functional impairment in the HCPs, which in turn affects the quality of patient care [1]. Therefore, prevention, early recognition, and intervention, including the following (1) before work: consideration of...
     
     
     
     
     
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
 

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