Yum, Byeong Su Roh, Jae Hoon Ryu, Jae Chun Won, Jong Uk Kim, Chi Nyon Lee, Jung Eun Kim, Ki Youn 2024-01-21T02:04:32Z 2024-01-21T02:04:32Z 2021-09-01 2006-11 0022-3999 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/134999 Objective: The purpose of this study is to collect basic data on the prevalence pattern of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Korean railroad drivers exposed to person-under-train accidents according to the individual and working environmental characteristics. Methods: Questionnaires were sent to all the railroad drivers accompanying active service now by company post. A total of 639 of the 900 questionnaires sent out were returned, showing a response rate of 79.9%. The Impact of Event Scale was utilized to address psychological status of railroad drivers after exposure to person-under-train accident. Results: Score of PTSD, intrusion, and avoidance ranged from 9.6 to 13.2, from 4.2 to 6.1, and from 5.4 to 7.2 according to individual characteristics and ranged from 11.44 to 12.70, from 5.03 to 5.67, and from 6.41 to 7.04 according to working environmental characteristics, respectively. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that Korean railroad drivers who experienced person-under-train accident expressed adverse symptoms physically and psychologically more than those who did not experience it. Apart from effect of train driver's age, a wide range of individual and working environmental factors appear to have no association with the level of posttraumatic distress following a person-under-train accident. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. English PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD MAJOR RAILWAY ACCIDENTS PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH LIFE EVENTS SUICIDE SUBWAY STRESS Symptoms of PTSD according to individual and work environment characteristics of Korean railroad drivers with experience of person-under-train accidents Article 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.07.005 1 JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH, v.61, no.5, pp.691 - 697 JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH 61 5 691 697 scie scopus 000242010400015 2-s2.0-33750487495 Psychiatry Psychiatry Article MAJOR RAILWAY ACCIDENTS PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH LIFE EVENTS SUICIDE SUBWAY STRESS IES Korean railroad driver person-under-train accident PTSD