• Emese Pek, Kata Fuge, Jozsef Marton, Balint Banfai, Gabriella Csaszarne Gombos, and Jozsef Betlehem.
• Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Emergency Care and Health Pedagogy, University of Pecs, 4 Vorosmarty street, H-7621, Pecs, Hungary. emese.pek@etk.pte.hu.
• Scand J Trauma Resus. 2015 Jan 1;23:14.

BackgroundThe high job stress among ambulance personnel is a widely known phenomenon.Purposeto asses the self reported health status of ambulance workers.MethodsAn 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 respondents considered their "Physical Functioning" the best, while "Vitality" was regarded the worst. The more time an employee have been worked at the HNAS the worse his health was in the first four dimensions like, "Physical Functioning", "Role-Physical", "Bodily Pain", "General Health": p < 0.001. Those working in secondary 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 BMI regarded their health status worse, in four dimensions: "Physical Functioning": p = 0.001; "Role-Physical": p = 0.013; "General Health": p < 0.001; "Role-Emotional": p = 0.05.ConclusionsThe workers health status proved to be insufficient according to the subjective perception and measurable parameters. According 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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