title: Return to work: Police personnel and PTSD.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study i) describes the number of police personnel with PTSD who are working and those who are on sick leave before and after an out-patient-clinic treatment program and ii) examines which factors are related to return to work.
  
  
  METHODS
  Police personnel treated for PTSD (n=121).
  
  
  METHODS
  In this retrospective study all police officers had an intake interview before and an outtake interview following a 16-week treatment for PTSD. Information about several personal characteristics, PTSD complaints, and work related factors were gathered. A t-test and chi-square test were used to evaluate differences between working police personnel and police personnel on sick leave at intake and outtake. Binary logistic regression was used to test whether the intake data were related to returning to work at outtake.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the start of the treatment half of the police personnel were on sick leave (n=59) and at outtake 48 participants who were not working at intake had returned to work. None of the variables at intake contributed significantly to return to work at outtake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of police officers returned to work after the treatment program. We recommend that attention be paid to successful return to work as part of the treatment program, therefore the occupational health professional and employer should be involved.
authors: Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors: Marie-Christine J
authors: MC
authors: Plat
authors: Gre J
authors: GJ
authors: Westerveld
authors: Renée C
authors: RC
authors: Hutter
authors: Miranda
authors: M
authors: Olff
authors: Monique H W
authors: MH
authors: Frings-Dresen
authors: Judith K
authors: JK
authors: Sluiter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016495:Police; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062707:Return to Work / Q000523:psychology*; D018582:Sick Leave; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: RTW; Sick leave; police officers; posttraumatic stress