title: [Forensic implications and stress ina group of anaestheticians: a cross sectional study].
abstract: Aim of the study is the appraisal of stress in a group of the 500 anaestheticians and in a control group. Two anonymous self-administered questionnaires were utilized, one for the subjective appraisal of the perceived various risk related to job, and one for the subjective appraisal of stress: VRS questionnaire of Tarsitani and Biondi. The results of the study showed that all the anaestheticians identified the perception of the emotional aspects related to work as a risk factor. They put it mainly in relation with the forensic implications. The total score of scale VRS and the score for cluster depression, anxiety, aggressiveness are higher in the anesthetists than the control group.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Patologie Sistemiche, Sezione Medicina del Lavoro Università di Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Proietti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bonanno
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vasta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Augeri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbagallo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Timpanaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D000776:Anesthesiology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce