Preparing for the Future Pandemic: Impact of Individual and Occupational Factors on Paramedics' Mental Health

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dc.authorid0000-0003-3852-8516
dc.contributor.authorCelen, Ozge
dc.contributor.authorSimsek, Zeynep
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:55:37Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:55:37Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjectives The mental health of paramedics is critical for disaster response in order to provide rapid and effective interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related individual and occupational factors in Turkish paramedics during the eleventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The Sociodemographic Information Form, Life Events Checklist, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist were used to collect data from 440 randomly selected paramedics in this cross-sectional study. Results The prevalence of PTSD was 59.8% in the 11th month of the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple regression analysis revealed that approximately 25% of the total PTSD score could be independently explained by paramedics' general health situation and sociodemographic characteristics; 27% by crisis management skills, long working hours, a lack of equipment, and intensive work; and 40% by past traumatic experiences due to difficult life events during their professional practice, such as responding to gunshot wounds, becoming a victim of a gunshot attack, or sexual assault (P < 0.05). Conclusions Integrating a mental health monitoring system into the health and safety program, providing paramedics with supervision and psychological assistance, and engaging them in disaster preparedness planning would be beneficial.
dc.description.sponsorshipIstanbul Provincial Health Directorate
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are thankful to the Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate for granting their approval to conduct this research and to Istanbul Bilgi University.
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/dmp.2024.271
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/dmp.2024.271
dc.identifier.issn1935-7893
dc.identifier.issn1938-744X
dc.identifier.pmid39641176
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85211726702
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.271
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10484
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001371736000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge Univ Press
dc.relation.ispartofDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260402
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectParamedics
dc.subjectPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectOccupational Factors
dc.titlePreparing for the Future Pandemic: Impact of Individual and Occupational Factors on Paramedics' Mental Health
dc.typeArticle

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