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Relationship between job stress and work-related quality of life among emergency medical technicians: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was aimed to determine the relationship between job stress and work-related quality of life (WRQoL) among emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Lorestan province, Western Iran.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Methods

Totally 430 EMTs who had been engaged in their respective units for more than 6 months from all emergency facilities in Lorestan province were selected using single stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected from April to July 2019 using two standard questionnaires: job stress (Health and Safety Executive (HSE)) and WRQoL. The OR with 95% CI was used to declare the statistical association (p≤0.05).

Results

All participants were exclusively males, with a mean age of 32±6.87 years. The overall average score of job stress using the HSE scale was 2.69±0.43; while the overall quality of working life score was 2.48±1.01. The type of working shift was found to have a significant impact on the HSE-average score (F(3,417)=5.26, p=0.01); and on the WRQoL-average score (F(3,417)=6.89, p<0.01).

Conclusion

Two-thirds of EMTs working in governmental hospitals had job stress and a low quality of work-related life. Additionally, work shift was statistically significant associated with EMTs' job stress and WRQoL.

SUBMITTER: Hashemi S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10255014 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Relationship between job stress and work-related quality of life among emergency medical technicians: a cross-sectional study.

Hashemi Shima S Ghazanfari Firoozeh F Merzah Mohammed M Rezaei Mehdi M Astaraki Peyman P Birjandi Mehdi M

BMJ open 20230606 6

<h4>Objective</h4>This study was aimed to determine the relationship between job stress and work-related quality of life (WRQoL) among emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Lorestan province, Western Iran.<h4>Design</h4>This was a cross-sectional study.<h4>Methods</h4>Totally 430 EMTs who had been engaged in their respective units for more than 6 months from all emergency facilities in Lorestan province were selected using single stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected from April to ...[more]

PMID: 37280030

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Relationship between job stress and work-related quality of life among emergency medical technicians: a cross-sectional study.

Objective

Design

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Relationship between job stress and work-related quality of life among emergency medical technicians: a cross-sectional study.

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