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Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study

Objectives: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought commercial, social, and economic consequences in every country that has experienced substantial SARS-CoV-2 infection rates. The complete change in the environment that took place due to the outbreak of the pandemic can lead to stressful s...

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Autores principales: Ilczak, Tomasz, Rak, Małgorzata, Sumera, Kacper, Christiansen, Carl Robert, Navarro-Illana, Esther, Alanen, Pasi, Jormakka, Juha, Gurková, Elena, Jarošová, Darja, Boguská, Danka, Ćwiertnia, Michał, Mikulska, Monika, Pollok-Wakmańska, Wioletta, Bobiński, Rafał, Kawecki, Marek
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8622048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828627
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111582
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author Ilczak, Tomasz
Rak, Małgorzata
Sumera, Kacper
Christiansen, Carl Robert
Navarro-Illana, Esther
Alanen, Pasi
Jormakka, Juha
Gurková, Elena
Jarošová, Darja
Boguská, Danka
Ćwiertnia, Michał
Mikulska, Monika
Pollok-Wakmańska, Wioletta
Bobiński, Rafał
Kawecki, Marek
author_facet Ilczak, Tomasz
Rak, Małgorzata
Sumera, Kacper
Christiansen, Carl Robert
Navarro-Illana, Esther
Alanen, Pasi
Jormakka, Juha
Gurková, Elena
Jarošová, Darja
Boguská, Danka
Ćwiertnia, Michał
Mikulska, Monika
Pollok-Wakmańska, Wioletta
Bobiński, Rafał
Kawecki, Marek
author_sort Ilczak, Tomasz
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description Objectives: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought commercial, social, and economic consequences in every country that has experienced substantial SARS-CoV-2 infection rates. The complete change in the environment that took place due to the outbreak of the pandemic can lead to stressful situations, especially among healthcare personnel. Material and methods: The research were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic between the 27 March 2020 and the 20 April 2020. The research included 1984 employees of emergency medical systems in seven European countries. An internet-based questionnaire format was adopted for the study (ΩMc-Donald > 0.7). Results: The highest level of stress was experienced by personnel in the United Kingdom M = 4.03, and the lowest by Norwegian employees M = 2.89. High levels of stress were also experienced by nurses from Spain and Poland. Women actively working in the healthcare system during the pandemic experienced higher stress levels than men. Conclusions: Women working in European emergency medical systems are more vulnerable to work-related stress, while carrying out emergency medical procedures during the pandemic. Differences in the level of stress experienced while carrying out duties in pre-hospital conditions were only found among Spanish emergency medical system personnel.
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spelling pubmed-86220482021-11-27 Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study Ilczak, Tomasz Rak, Małgorzata Sumera, Kacper Christiansen, Carl Robert Navarro-Illana, Esther Alanen, Pasi Jormakka, Juha Gurková, Elena Jarošová, Darja Boguská, Danka Ćwiertnia, Michał Mikulska, Monika Pollok-Wakmańska, Wioletta Bobiński, Rafał Kawecki, Marek Healthcare (Basel) Article Objectives: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought commercial, social, and economic consequences in every country that has experienced substantial SARS-CoV-2 infection rates. The complete change in the environment that took place due to the outbreak of the pandemic can lead to stressful situations, especially among healthcare personnel. Material and methods: The research were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic between the 27 March 2020 and the 20 April 2020. The research included 1984 employees of emergency medical systems in seven European countries. An internet-based questionnaire format was adopted for the study (ΩMc-Donald > 0.7). Results: The highest level of stress was experienced by personnel in the United Kingdom M = 4.03, and the lowest by Norwegian employees M = 2.89. High levels of stress were also experienced by nurses from Spain and Poland. Women actively working in the healthcare system during the pandemic experienced higher stress levels than men. Conclusions: Women working in European emergency medical systems are more vulnerable to work-related stress, while carrying out emergency medical procedures during the pandemic. Differences in the level of stress experienced while carrying out duties in pre-hospital conditions were only found among Spanish emergency medical system personnel. MDPI 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8622048/ /pubmed/34828627 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111582 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ilczak, Tomasz
Rak, Małgorzata
Sumera, Kacper
Christiansen, Carl Robert
Navarro-Illana, Esther
Alanen, Pasi
Jormakka, Juha
Gurková, Elena
Jarošová, Darja
Boguská, Danka
Ćwiertnia, Michał
Mikulska, Monika
Pollok-Wakmańska, Wioletta
Bobiński, Rafał
Kawecki, Marek
Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study
title Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study
title_full Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study
title_fullStr Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study
title_full_unstemmed Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study
title_short Differences in Perceived Occupational Stress by Demographic Characteristics, of European Emergency Medical Services Personnel during the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic—An International Study
title_sort differences in perceived occupational stress by demographic characteristics, of european emergency medical services personnel during the covid-19 virus pandemic—an international study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8622048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828627
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111582
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