Frequency distribution survey and severity of Post-Traumatic stress disorder and its accompaniment with demographic and occupational factors in the medical emergency technician of Jahrom

PTSD is an anxiety disorder which after severe stressful events such as war, earthquake, flood, aggression, accident as well as in occupations where there is human, medical and educational communication and there is more stress, it can be seen. Since the medical emergency personnel in most cases are a first-line service provider to patients and victims are exposed to stress and psychological trauma we decided to research on the prevalence of PTSD and its contributing factors to the medical emergency personnel of Jahrom. In a descriptive cross-sectional study, 100 medical emergency medical personnel in Jahrom, who work as technicians and drivers in these units, were investigated and after receiving satisfaction from the participants, they were given a questionnaire. Mississippi PTSD questionnaire and demographic questionnaire to diagnoses and collect personal information was used. The data were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive and analytic statistics. The mean age of subjects was 32.1 ± 4.8 years and most of them were bachelor's degrees. Among participants, 2.4% of people were with mild PTSD and the rest were 97.9% with moderate PTSD and no one had severe type of disorder. Among the four dimensions of the post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire, the highest score was obtained in dimension of emotional control disorder and then the highest score was followed by disruptions in personal relationships. There was no significant correlation between post-traumatic stress disorder with age, level of education, working hours, marital status, place of mission and work experience (P> 0.05). Based on the results of the study, most medical emergency personnel in Jahrom, suffer from moderate PTSD that given the importance of their job, it is recommended that training be provided on emotional self-efficacy and coping skills and other emotional readiness.