INTENSITY OF STRESS AND SYMPTOMS OF JOB EXHAUSTION AMONG PARAMEDICS IN POLAND
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this article is to show how the features of job exhaustion depend of the amount of work-related stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research included a randomly selected group of 456 paramedics, aged between 21 and 51, working at hospital emergency departments and in mobile emergency teams. The authors used the Maslach Burnout Inventory Form and Perceived Job Stress Questionnaire Form. RESULTS: The most important factors in uencing general amount of stress in a paramedic’s job include as follows: the sense of responsibility; the sense of insecurity impacted with the system of work; and the sense of psychic workload. However, less important factors in uencing stress include: unpleasant work conditions; a lack of support; a lack of control; a sense of threat. CONCLUSIONS: Paramedics are exposed to job exhaustion syndrome which causes a lessening of feeling safe in their work place. The risk factors in uencing job exhaustion syndrome include as follows: uncertainty of work system; sense of psychic workload caused by work; poor social contacts causing a lack of assistance from others; a lack of positive motivators in one’s job, such as various rewards.
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EMS is a specific context; paramedics are often highly trained healthcare professionals on the front lines, involving autonomous decision making with limited outside hospital resources while working in unpredictable environments under emotional pressure.
“From a healthcare service perspective, emergency medical services (EMS) is a specific context; paramedics are often highly trained healthcare professionals on the front lines, involving autonomous decision making with limited outside hospital resources while working in unpredictable environments under emotional pressure [5–7].”
From Paramedics’ perceptions of job demands and resources in Finnish emergency medical services: a qualitative study (2022) · cites this paper as [5]
The Introduction describes paramedics as requiring substantial medical knowledge and competence while working under emergency conditions and emotional stress. The Discussion describes mobile paramedics working in extreme conditions, against the clock, with less access to help than hospital-based paramedics. It does not specifically address autonomous decision-making or limited out-of-hospital resources. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredAccumulations of stress factors correlate with increased risk for paramedics' burnout and fatigue and with changing profession.
“Accumulations of such aforementioned stress factors have shown correlations with an increased risk for paramedics’ burnout and fatigue and even the changing profession [5, 27, 29, 30]”
From Paramedics’ perceptions of job demands and resources in Finnish emergency medical services: a qualitative study (2022) · cites this paper as [5]
The Results report that higher job exhaustion correlates with greater workplace stress and several stress factors; the Discussion also describes emotionally exhausted paramedics as feeling tired. Neither section establishes a correlation with changing profession, so that part of the claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Accumulations of such aforementioned stress factors have shown correlations with an increased risk for paramedics’ burnout and fatigue and even the changing profession [5, 27, 29, 30], as well as decreased performance and a higher risk for patient safety [31].”
Background
- Authors
- Buljan, D., Drozd, A., Madziala, M., & Aleksandrowicz, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Osijek (HR)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Polish Society for Emergency Medicine (PL)
- Corresponding author
- Madziala, Marcin
- Venue
- Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
- Publisher
- VM Media SP. zo.o VM Group SK
- Published
- 2016-11-22
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-49
- ISSN
- 2451-4691 (ISSN-L)
- 2543-5957
- OpenAlex
- W2596185481
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal (publishedVersion)
- Via Medica Journals (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- work exhaustion, burnout, occupational stress, paramedics, emergency medical services, emergency department, sense of responsibility, lack of support, lack of control, Poland
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