An Assessment of General Health of Operational Staff of Pre-Hospital Emergency In Golestan Province

Professional emergency workers are exposed to different risk factors which are related to their jobs. The pressure of workload can cause complications such as physical symptoms, psychological and behavioral dimensions of general health of the paramedic staff. This study examined the general health status of pre-hospital employees in Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Using the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire at the held in 2013
In this descriptive study, among operational staff working in emergency centers, 206 eligible participants were included with census sampling method. Goldberg general health questionnaire, a Likert-like scale was used to collect data. The data were entered into SPSS software and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, T-Test, Tukey -Test and ANOVA.
The data showed that of 206 subjects, 23.8% of the employees had low general health, and the majority 51.3% of them patients had moderate and 24.9% of the subjects had good mental health. Statistical analysis showed that the social dysfunction had an impact on reducing mental health with highest 21.9% and depression with lowest effect 0%. The relationship between social dysfunction and type of employment was significant (p=0.02). Toki test showed that a significant difference between the official and contract employees (p=0.021) as well as a significant difference between the covenant contract and contract employees (p=0.018).
Since a majority of pre-hospital staff had low to moderate mental health, given the inevitability of some occupational stressors and detailed knowledge of workplace stressors to modulate as well as the adoption of measures to improve working conditions are solutions to protect the health professional which can help this group of workers.