Table 4 Previous experience as a disaster relief worker as a predictor of psychological distress following disaster relief work
Disorder | Papers reporting significant association with disorder / papers reporting non-significant association with disorder |
|---|---|
PTSD | [7, 26, 34, 37,38,39, 42, 70,71,72,73] / [29, 39, 48, 50, 51, 65, 68, 74] Success in prior disaster relief work / [65] |
Anxiety | Success in prior disaster relief work / [65] |
Depression | / [39, 42, 48, 50, 51, 65, 68, 74] Success in prior disaster relief work [65] |
Psychological distress / morbidity | [7, 26, 60, 61, 73, 75] / [65, 70] Success in prior disaster relief work / [65] |
Stress | / [42] |
Peritraumatic dissociation | |
Somatic symptoms | / [51] |
Hostility | / [51] |