Nazia Mustafa, Fahad Haleem, Najm Us Saqib Khan, Tahir Sardar, Muhammad Naveed Akhtar, Javaria Mumtaz.
Relationship of vicarious traumatization with family relations and coping strategies among healthcare professionals.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;70(6):1925-28.

Objective: To study the relationship of vicarious traumatization with family relations and coping strategies among Health care professionals along with to find out the frequency of vicarious traumatization. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Various hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, from Jan2018 to Jun 2018. Methodology: A sample of 170 healthcare professionals (doctors=39, psychiatrists=27, psychologists=36, nurses=30 and others=38) (men=67, women=103) were taken from various hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Data was collected by using the secondary traumatic stress scale, the index of family relations and the brief COPE scale. Results: Results revealed that all the instruments have good reliability and there was significant positive correlation (r=0.71) between various aspects of VT (intrusion, avoidance and arousal) and poor family relations. Further analysis reflected that Emotion focused coping was positively correlated (r=0.22) with poor family relations whereas problem focused coping was negatively correlated (r=-0.39) with poor family relations. Conclusion: So it is concluded that vicarious traumatization must be addressed and identified in health setting and coping skills training must be part of healthcare professionals’ education programs.

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