Introduction: This thesis examined the impact of PTSD with Major Depressive Disorder on PTSD severity among Toronto Transit Commission employees who were exposed to a workplace traumatic event, and also the predictors of PTSD severity, mental health treatment seeking, and return to work over the six month study period.
Methods: This study utilized data that was collected prospectively from the APT study participants. Information about Axis-I diagnosis and PTSD severity were collected from the SCID-I and the Modified PTSD Symptom Scale respectively.
Results: PTSD without MDD (N=29) and PTSD with MDD (N=37) groups were compared. The variables: depression severity (p=0.01), female (p=0.01), non-Caucasian (p=0.01), workplace related stress (p=0.02), and lifetime trauma (p=0.01) significantly predicted PTSD severity. The BPI group significantly predicted mental health treatment seeking (p<0.01) after controlling other variables.
Conclusion: This study highlights the substantial risk for experiencing greater PTSD severity after a workplace traumatic event in TTC employees.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/32490 |
| Date | 23 July 2012 |
| Creators | Shah, Ravi |
| Contributors | Links, Paul |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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