Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Διεθνής Ιατρική - Διαχείριση Κρίσεων ΥγείαςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Vantarakis Spyridon
Supervisors info:
Πικουλής Εμ., Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Γεωργόπουλος Σ., Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Καραβοκυρός Ι., Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Το Άγχος Θανάτου σε Επαγγελματίες Διάσωσης σε Σχέση με την Πνευματικότητα και η Επίδρασή τους στη Μετατραυματική Διαταραχή Στρες - Αποσυνδετικού Τύπου
Translated title:
The Death Anxiety on Rescue Professionals in Correlation with Spirituality and their Effect on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Dissociative Type
Summary:
Introduction: Rescue professionals, due to the difficult and hard circumstances they experience in their careers, have to cope with various psychological burdens that confront them with emotional and spiritual processes to maintain their internal and social equilibrium.
Objectives: This thesis aims to investigate the prevailing state of death anxiety for rescue professionals in Greece, their intellectual background, and the existence of decoupling experiences that refer to post traumatic stress. It also explores the effect and correlation of death anxiety and spiritual intelligence with post-traumatic stress disorder - dissociative type (PTSD-Diss).
Materials and Methods: This study is cross-sectional and the questionnaires that have been used are for Death Anxiety (DAQ), for Spiritual Intelligence (SSRI-24), for Empathy (TEQ), and for Dissociative Experiences (DES II), given to participant workers in the National Emergency Response Center and the Fire Brigade of Patras.
Results: For all Rescue Professionals, the averages of the results of the questionnaires are: for Death Anxiety 13.69 on the DAQ scale, for Spiritual Intelligence 55.63 on the SSRI-24 scale, for Empathy 42.48 on the TEQ Scale and for Disconnect Experiences 15.15 on the DES II scale.
Discussion: There is a need to apply education and support to psychological issues, something that does not exist in the Greek reality for the rescue department. In addition health promotion interventions specifically designed for Rescue Professionals, need to be incorporated in order to promote the improvement of quality of their life and work.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Death anxiety, Rescue professionals, Spirituality, Post-traumatic stress disorder
