Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2010 Nov;19(2):223-235.

Job Stress and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms of 119 Emergency Medical Technicians

• Hong SW
• Uhm DC
• Jun MH

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to investigate the prevalence of job stress and musculoskeletal symptoms, and to identify the factors that affect work-related musculoskeletal symptoms of the 119 Emergency medical technicians (EMT). METHOD: From August 26 to September 10, 2010, the data were obtained from 456 EMT working in Daejeon city or Choongnam province. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression were performed using SAS version 9.1.
RESULTS
Physical environment, job demand, interpersonal conflict, and occupational climate were stressful to 119 EMT. The prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms of female EMT was higher than those of the male EMT's. After gender and age were adjusted, there ware significant relationships between musculoskeletal symptoms and some risk factors including occupational class, hours of intensive musculoskeletal use, previous injury or work-related injury, physical burden, and job stress. Overall, a higher degree of job stress increased musculoskeletal symptoms.
CONCLUSION
Job stress is a major cause of musculoskeletal symptoms. To prevent and manage musculoskeletal disease of 119 EMT, there is a need to develop a management program for musculoskeletal symptoms to reduce occupational stress, considering gender differences.

Keyword

Stress; Musculoskeletal disease; Emergency medical technicians

MeSH Terms

Climate
Emergencies
Emergency Medical Technicians
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Phenothiazines
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Statistics as Topic
Phenothiazines