• Emese Pék, István Mártai, József Marton, and József Betlehem.
• Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Egészségtudományi Kar, Ápolás és Betegellátás Intézet Sürgősségi Ellátási Tanszék Pécs Vörösmarty M. út 4. 7621.
• Orv Hetil. 2013 Nov 24;154(47):1865-72.

IntroductionThe high work-related stress among ambulance workers is a widely known a phenomenon.AimThe aim of the authors was to asses self-reported health status of ambulance workers.MethodAn anonym self-fill-in questionnaire applying SF-36 was used among workers from the northern and western regions of Hungarian National Ambulance Service.ResultsBased on the dimensions of the SF-36 questionnaire the responders considered their "Physical Functioning" the best, while "Vitality" was regarded the worst. The more time an employee have been worked at the Ambulance Service the worse his health was in the first four dimensions including "Physical Functioning", "Role-Physical", "Bodily Pain" and "General Health": p<0.001. Those working in part-time jobs considered their health in all dimensions worse. The respondents who did some kind of sports hold their health in all dimensions better (p<0.001). The workers with higher body mass index regarded their health status worse, in four dimensions: "Physical Functioning" (p = 0.001), "Role-Physical" (p = 0.013), "General Health" (p<0.001) and "Role-Emotional" (p = 0.05).ConclusionsAccording to the subjective perception of health and measurable parameters of health status of workers proved to be insufficient. Poor physical health can lead indirectly to psychological problems, which may lower the quality of the work and can lead to high turn-over. .

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