Occupational burn-out, fatigue and stress in professional rescuers: a cross-sectional study in Kazakhstan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To find predictors of burn-out in a cohort of rescuers.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Republican Rescue Squad (N=105) and Republican Mudslide Rescue Service under the Ministry of Emergency Situations (N=480) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Participants

In total, we included 268 (80% men, median age 38 (IQR 22) years) rescuers from both organisations.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We offered a questionnaire to rescuers, which included Maslach Burnout Inventory, quantifying emotional exhaustion (EX), cynicism (CY) and professional efficacy (PE) along with fatigue, stress and health-related quality of life (HRQL) tools.

Results

Lower scores of HRQL (Physical Component Score (PCS) beta -0.04 (95% CI -0.06 to -0.02); Mental Component

SUBMITTER: Vinnikov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature