Overview of the prevalence of job satisfaction and turnover intention among emergency medical services personnel: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and firefighters are subjected to substantial occupational stressors that diminish job satisfaction and increase turnover rate, ultimately affecting efficient delivery of pre-hospital emergency care. Therefore, we performed the first meta-analysis to determine the prevalence of job satisfaction and turnover intention among EMS personnel, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and firefighters.

Methods

We comprehensively searched Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and EBSCOhost until March 2025. The pooled prevalence of job satisfaction and turnover intention was analysed using the Freeman-Tukey double-arcsine transformation mo

SUBMITTER: Huang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12662026 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature