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Health problems and help-seeking in a nationwide sample of operational Norwegian ambulance personnel.

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  • المؤلفون: Sterud T;Sterud T; Hem E; Ekeberg O; Lau B
  • المصدر:
    BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2008 Jan 04; Vol. 8, pp. 3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jan 04.
  • نوع النشر :
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • اللغة:
    English
  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-
    • الموضوع:
      Anxiety/*epidemiology ; Depression/*epidemiology ; Emergency Medical Technicians/*statistics & numerical data ; Mental Health/*statistics & numerical data ; Musculoskeletal Diseases/*epidemiology ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care/*statistics & numerical data; Adult ; Age Factors ; Ambulances ; Chi-Square Distribution ; Female ; Health Surveys ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Norway/epidemiology ; Occupational Health/statistics & numerical data ; Prevalence ; Sex Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: To estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms, and their association with professional help-seeking, among operational ambulance personnel and a general working population, and to study the symptoms of musculoskeletal pain and disturbed sleep among ambulance personnel.
      Methods: The results of a comprehensive nationwide questionnaire survey of operational ambulance personnel (n = 1180) were compared with the findings of a population-based Norwegian health study of working people (n = 31,987). The questionnaire included measures of help-seeking, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Subjective Health Complaints Questionnaire, the Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire and the Need for Recovery after Work Scale.
      Results: Compared with those in the reference population, the mean of level anxiety symptoms in the ambulance sample was lower for men (3.5 vs. 3.9, P <0.001) and women (4.0 vs. 4.4, P <0.05), and the mean level of depression symptoms in ambulance workers was lower for men (2.3 vs. 2.8, P <0.05) but not for women (2.9 vs. 3.1, P = 0.22). A model adjusted for anxiety and depression symptoms indicated that ambulance personnel had lower levels of help-seeking except for seeing a chiropractor (12% vs. 5%, P <0.01). In the ambulance sample, symptoms of musculoskeletal pain were most consistently associated with help-seeking. In the adjusted model, only symptoms of disturbed sleep were associated with help-seeking from a psychologist/psychiatrist (total sample = 2.3%). Help-seeking was more often reported by women but was largely unaffected by age.
      Conclusion: The assumption that ambulance personnel have more anxiety and depression symptoms than the general working population was not supported. The level of musculoskeletal pain and, accordingly, the level of help-seeking from a chiropractor were higher for ambulance workers. More research should address the physical strains among ambulance personnel.
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    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20080108 Date Completed: 20080414 Latest Revision: 20181113
    • الموضوع:
      20240628
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC2254402
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1186/1471-2458-8-3
    • الرقم المعرف:
      18177497