Stress Levels in EMS Personnel: A Longitudinal Study with Work-schedule Modification
| Autor: | John Kubincanek, Rita Kay Cydulka, Charles L. Emerman, Bruce Shade |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Schedule Longitudinal study medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Allied Health Personnel General Medicine Work Schedule Tolerance Middle Aged Stress level Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Emergency medical services medicine Work schedule Humans Female Prospective Studies Emergency Service Hospital Prospective cohort study business Stress Psychological Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Academic Emergency Medicine. 1:240-246 |
| ISSN: | 1069-6563 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1994.tb02439.x |
| Popis: | Objective:To determine if stress levels of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel can be reduced by adjusting work schedules to personnel preferences. Methods:A prospective, longitudinal, cohort study with a work-schedule modification intervention was performed. All EMS personnel employed by the City of Cleveland EMS were eligible for participation. EMS employees voluntarily completed an abbreviated medical personnel stress survey (MPSS-R), a 20-question validated stress-assessment tool, in September 1989, February 1991, and September 1991. A new scheduling pattern was introduced March 1991. At that time, 27 EMS employees volunteered to work the new schedule (12 hours/shift: 3 days on/2 days off/2 days on/3 days off). The remaining 109 EMS employees remained on the old schedule (8 hours/shift: 6 days on/2 days off). Results:Mean MPSS-R stress scores increased significantly from September 1990 (61.9 ± 7.87) to September 1991 (65.08± 7.23) (p < 0.05). In September 1991, mean stress scores of EMS personnel working the new schedule (64.39± 7.82) were not significantly lower than stress scores of EMS personnel working the old schedule (65.25 ± 7.10). Conclusion:Stress in EMS personnel increased despite a new schedule pattern designed to accommodate the preferences of EMS personnel. |
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