An assessment of depression, anxiety, and stress among nationally certified EMS professionals

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-338

  Bentley, Melissa A ^a   Crawford, J Mac ^b   Wilkins, J R ^b   Fernandez, Antonio R ^c   Studnek, Jonathan R ^d  

^a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878856678     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.761307     Document Type: Article

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