Publikationsdatenbank

Psychological stress and strain in laboratory animal professionals:
a systematic review (2023)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Rumpel, Sonja (WE 11)

Kempen, Regina

Merle, Roswitha (WE 11)

Thoene-Reineke, Christa (WE 11)

Quelle

Laboratory animals

Bandzählung: 57

Heftzählung: 4

Seiten: 396 – 411

ISSN: 0023-6772

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00236772221129111

DOI: 10.1177/00236772221129111

Pubmed: 36691311

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tierschutz@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Laboratory animal professionals (LAP) are faced with various situations and tasks influencing their mental well-being. A systematic review has been conducted to investigate whether there are specific stressors for LAP and which moderators are relevant for the development of psychological strain. A comprehensive search following PRISMA Guidelines was carried out in June 2021. Results include 12 studies and have been summarized qualitatively in narrative synthesis and tabular presentation. Available literature indicates that LAP are facing stressors but does not allow for conclusions on specific stressful job duties other than euthanasia.Signs of strain are present in LAP. Specifically, participants in qualitative studies reported acute symptoms, while chronic manifestations were in focus in quantitative studies. Although a wide variety of moderating factors have been investigated, only social support has been rated as relevant by multiple qualitative and quantitative studies without contrasting results.According to current data, there is a risk for psychological strain in LAP. However, there is limited understanding of specific stressors and data on moderators is diverse. Further studies that focus on domain-specific knowledge and clearly distinguish stressors from moderators are necessary to set up institutional programmes addressing psychological strain in LAP.