Perceived occupational stressors among emergency medical service providers: a qualitative study
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Title
Perceived occupational stressors among emergency medical service providers: a qualitative study
Subject
Stress, Emergency medical services, Qualitative study
Description
Introduction: Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are at continuous exposure to occupational stressors
which negatively affect their health and professional practice. This study explored perceived occupational stressors
among EMS providers.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted from December 2019 to April 2020 using conventional content
analysis. Sixteen EMS providers were purposively selected from EMS stations in Hamadan, Iran. Semi-structured
interviews (with length of 45–60 min) were held for data collection. Data were analyzed through Graneheim and
Lundman’s conventional content analysis approach.
Findings: Data analysis resulted in the development of two themes, namely critical conditions of EMS provision, and
personal and professional conflicts. The six categories of these two themes were complexity of patients’ clinical conditions,
interruption of EMS provision, health hazards, interpersonal problems, interprofessional interactions, and legal conflicts.
Conclusion: Besides the stress associated with emergency patient care, EMS providers face many different occupational
stressors. EMS managers can use the findings of the present study to develop strategies for reducing occupational stress
among EMS providers and thereby, improve their health and care quality
which negatively affect their health and professional practice. This study explored perceived occupational stressors
among EMS providers.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted from December 2019 to April 2020 using conventional content
analysis. Sixteen EMS providers were purposively selected from EMS stations in Hamadan, Iran. Semi-structured
interviews (with length of 45–60 min) were held for data collection. Data were analyzed through Graneheim and
Lundman’s conventional content analysis approach.
Findings: Data analysis resulted in the development of two themes, namely critical conditions of EMS provision, and
personal and professional conflicts. The six categories of these two themes were complexity of patients’ clinical conditions,
interruption of EMS provision, health hazards, interpersonal problems, interprofessional interactions, and legal conflicts.
Conclusion: Besides the stress associated with emergency patient care, EMS providers face many different occupational
stressors. EMS managers can use the findings of the present study to develop strategies for reducing occupational stress
among EMS providers and thereby, improve their health and care quality
Creator
Ali Afshari , Seyed Reza Borzou , Farshid Shamsaei , Eesa Mohammadi and Leili Tapak
Publisher
BMC Emergency Medicine
Date
(2021) 21:35
Contributor
Fajar bagus W
Format
PDF
Language
Indonesia
Type
Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Ali Afshari , Seyed Reza Borzou , Farshid Shamsaei , Eesa Mohammadi and Leili Tapak, “Perceived occupational stressors among emergency medical service providers: a qualitative study,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 26, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/3778.