Stress among Emergency Health Care Workers on Nuclear or Radiation Disaster: A Preliminary State Survey

Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois, Vincent Roux, Bruno Pereira, Mara Flannery, Carole Pelissier, Céline Occelli, Jeannot Schmidt, Valentin Navel and Frédéric Dutheil
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Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois: Emergency Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Vincent Roux: CNRS, LaPSCo, Université Clermont Auvergne, Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Bruno Pereira: Clinical Research and Innovation Direction, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Mara Flannery: Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
Carole Pelissier: Service de Santé au Travail, CHU de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France. Univ Lyon 1, Univ St Etienne, 42005 Saint-Étienne, France
Céline Occelli: CHU Nice, Emergency Department, Université Côte d’Azur, 06000 Nice, France
Jeannot Schmidt: Emergency Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Valentin Navel: Translational Approach to Epithelial Injury and Repair, Université Clermont Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, CNRS, INSERM, GReD., 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Frédéric Dutheil: CNRS, LaPSCo, Université Clermont Auvergne, Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-9

Abstract: Background: The nuclear or radiation disaster risk within the French Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes state is low (but not absent) due to its proximity to four Nuclear Power Generation Centers and two regional cancer control centers. This study aims to compare subjective stress ratings for emergency health care workers regarding nuclear and radiation disasters between two locations: at work versus at home. Materials and Methods: We distributed an anonymous online questionnaire via RedCap ® to all emergency health care workers who could be involved in patient care after a nuclear or radiation disaster. It comprised 18 questions divided into three parts—theoretical knowledge and practical assessment, stress assessment, and sociodemographic criteria. Results: We analyzed 107 responses. There was a significant 11-point increase in stress levels between work and home regarding nuclear or radiation disaster risks ( p = 0.01). Less than 25% of emergency health care workers surveyed benefited from annual training. Conclusion: The stress levels of emergency health care workers regarding nuclear or radiation disaster were higher at work than at home and increased without annual training. It is important to increase knowledge about these protocols and to mandate yearly training for all workers potentially involved in these disasters.

Keywords: disaster; emergency medicine; nuclear; radiation; prevention; public health; stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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