Cross-sectional survey on self-reported health of ambulance personnel

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Jozsef Betlehem²  Gabriella Csaszarne Gombos¹  Balint Banfai²  Jozsef Marton²  Kata Fuge²  Emese Pek² 

[1] Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Sport Sciecnes and Physiotherpy, University of Pecs, 33 Landorhegyi street, Zalaegerszeg, H-8900, Hungary;Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Emergency Care and Health Pedagogy, University of Pecs, 4 Vorosmarty street, Pecs, H-7621, Hungary

关键词: General health;    SF-36;    Self-reported health status;    Ambulance personnel;   

Others  :  1132256
DOI  :  10.1186/s13049-015-0087-1

 received in 2014-03-31, accepted in 2015-01-05,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

The high job stress among ambulance personnel is a widely known phenomenon. Purpose: to asses the self reported health status of ambulance workers.

Methods

An anonym self-fill-in questionnaire applying SF-36 was used among workers from the northern and western regions of Hungarian National Ambulance Service.

Results

Based on the dimensions of the SF-36 questionnaire the respondents considered their “Physical Functioning” the best, while “Vitality” was regarded the worst. The more time an employee have been worked at the HNAS the worse his health was in the first four dimensions like, “Physical Functioning”, “Role-Physical”, “Bodily Pain”, “General Health”: p < 0.001. Those working in secondary part-time jobs considered their health in all dimensions worse. The respondents who did some kind of sports hold their health in all dimensions better (p < 0.001). The workers with higher BMI regarded their health status worse, in four dimensions: “Physical Functioning”: p = 0.001; “Role-Physical”: p = 0.013; “General Health”: p < 0.001; “Role-Emotional”: p = 0.05.

Conclusions

The workers health status proved to be insufficient according to the subjective perception and measurable parameters. According to the subjective perception of health and measurable parameters of health status of workers proved to be insufficient. Poor physical health can lead indirectly to psychological problems, which may lower the quality of the work and can lead to high turn-over.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Pek et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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