EMS: Earn Money Stressing? Occupational Influences on Worker Mental Health

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Abstract

EMS providers are shown to be an integral part of the medical community and the delivery of healthcare. The occupation itself does contribute to mental health decline, most notably with diagnoses of PTSD and burnout. This study examines two specific negative mental health symptoms and whether they are exacerbated through increased exposure to an occupation consistent with Hojat (2009), Mittmannsgruber (2008), Setti (2018) and Streud (2011) and if that temporal association is moderated by the business sector in which EMS providers operate consistent with the findings of Liu, Zhang, Du & Hu (2015) and Koltai, Scheiman and Donovitzer (2018). Using a sample of 441 EMS providers, OLS regression analysis suggests a positive temporal association is found for both depression and anxiety and occupation-specific stress is a significant explanatory variable. Sector remained generally insignificant throughout all models.

Author

• Christopher M Bosley, SUNY Buffalo