ArticleInternational journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork2019
Massage Therapy in Management of Occupational Stress in Emergency Medical Services Staffs: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Addressing Health Care Workers' Mental Health: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Current Resources.American journal of public health · 2024Pooled it
- Individual-level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Physical relaxation for occupational stress in healthcare workers: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of occupational health · 2021Pooled it
- Feasibility of classic massage for Swedish nurses: a mixed methods pre-post-test design study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Interventions to improve mental well-being and sleep in paramedics: A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- The effects of the paramedics' field work on their mental status in Jeddah.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing Occupational Stress Perceived by Emergency Nurses During Prehospital Care: A Systematic Review.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Review
- Role of demographic variables in investigating occupational stress of disaster and emergency medical management center.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Occupational stress and its relationship with spiritual coping among emergency department nurses and emergency medical services staff.International emergency nursing · 2022Article
- The effectiveness of Chair Massage on Stress and Pain in Oncology.International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork · 2021Article
- The Immediate Effects of Lavender Aromatherapy Massage versus Massage in Work Stress, Burnout, and HRV Parameters: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundResults of various studies indicate that emergency medical service (EMS) staff suffer from occupational stress that adversely affects their quality of life and their care quality. PURPOSE: This study aimed at determining the effect of massage on occupational stress experienced by emergency medical service staff.
settingPrehospital emergency medical services stations of a city in the southwest of Iran.
participantsA total of 58 members of staff of the emergency medical services, working in prehospital emergency medical services stations. RESEARCH
designIn this randomized controlled trial, a total of 58 EMS staff were selected from prehospital EMS stations, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and then assigned in two groups (29 in massage and 29 in control group) randomly by the minimization method. The intervention group received Swedish massage, twice a week for four weeks in the morning after the end of the work shift. Each massage session lasted 20-25 minutes. Subjects in the control group received no intervention. The level of occupational stress of the two groups was measured under the same conditions before and after the intervention by using the expanded nurses' occupational stress scale (ENSS). Data were analyzed with the SPSS16 software by using the chi-squared test, paired and independent-sample
resultsThe mean and SD of total occupational stress scores in the control group was 114.41±30.11 in pretest and reach to 112.58± 30.62 in posttest stage. Also the mean and SD of total occupational stress scores in the intervention group was 130.20±26.45 in pretest and reach to 110.41±21.75 in posttest stage. A one-way ANCOVA showed that there is a significant effect of massage on EMS staff's occupational stress level after controlling for pretest score (
conclusionsThe training and the application of massage therapy can serve as an effective method in reducing occupational stress in emergency medical centers.
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