Occupational stress within the paramedic profession: an initial report of stress levels compared to hospital employees.
We report a study of occupational stress in 374 paramedics. Results indicate that this profession experiences a high degree of job-related stress relative to other medical personnel. In a component analysis of this stress the results show that job stress manifests itself as job dissatisfaction, organizational stress, and negative patient attitudes, but not as frequently as somatic distress.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*