Moral Distress in Pre-hospital Emergency Technicians: A Cross-sectional Study in Iran

  • سال انتشار: 1402
  • محل انتشار: فصلنامه سلامت در حوادث و بلایا، دوره: 8، شماره: 4
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_HDQ-8-4_005
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 256
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نویسندگان

Mojtaba Jafari

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran.

Hamidreza Khankeh

Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abbas Ebadi

Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Nursing, Lifestyle Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Sadat Seyed Bagher Maddah

Department of Nursing, School of Rehabilitation, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Mohammadali Hosseini

Department of Nursing, School of Rehabilitation, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

چکیده

Background: Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are subject to moral hazards during work, leading them to find moral distress (MD). Our literature review showed a gap in knowledge related to MD in EMS personnel. Therefore, this study investigated MD and its influential factors in pre-hospital emergency technicians. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted in Iran in ۲۰۱۷. A convenience sampling method was used to select ۲۶۵ technicians working in EMS from several cities in Iran. The MD thermometer was used to measure the MD in the technicians. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software, version ۲۰. Results: All the participants were male with mean age and work experience of ۳۱.۶۴±۶.۵ and ۷.۷۶±۵.۱ years, respectively. The mean score of MD was ۴.۶±۱.۸ (out of ۱۰). Nearly ۷۶% of the participants were with moderate levels of MD. A significant relationship was observed between the willingness of technicians to change or leave their job and the mean scores of MD in the participants. Conclusion: EMS technicians experienced moderate levels of MD. Therefore, healthcare planners and policymakers need to pay more attention to this issue due to the complications of MD in healthcare personnel. Coresponding author: Mohammadali Hosseini, E-mail: mahmaimy۲۰۲۰@gmail.com You can also search for this author in:  PubMed, Google scholar

کلیدواژه ها

Job stress, Ethics, Emergency medical services

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