Finnish paramedics’ professional quality of life and associations with assignment experiences and defusing use – a cross-sectional study

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ID15364168
AuthorsChristoffer Ericsson (0000-0002-4086-9400, University of Helsinki, corresponding author), Christoffer R Ericsson, Hilla Nordquist (0000-0001-9641-6518, South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences), Veronica Lindström (0000-0003-1386-3203, Karolinska Institutet), Ann Rudman (0000-0002-6388-5155, Dalarna University)
Year2021
Volume21
Issue1
Pages1789-1789
Publication date2021-10-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-021-11851-0
PMID34610798
OpenAlexW3203537579
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited41

Finnish paramedics' more frequent experiences of social emergencies, traumatic events, and paramedic-directed threat situations were associated with higher levels of STS and BO. STS was also associated with paramedics' increased need for defusing and use of informal peer defusing, although neither STS, BO or CS scores associated to any defusing form. Managing paramedics STS and BO, while fostering CS, could therefore be a future research focus

Burnout · Compassion fatigue · Cross-sectional study · Likert scale · Quality of life (healthcare · Scale (ratio · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being

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