Prevalence of pain, analgesic self-medication and mental health in German pre-hospital emergency medical service personnel: a nationwide survey pilot-study.
Luis MöckelAngela GerhardMara MohrChristoph Immanuel ArmbrustChristina MöckelPublished in: International archives of occupational and environmental health (2021)
This study indicates a high prevalence of pain and analgesics usage in participating German pre-hospital EMS personnel and a poorer mental health in those with chronic and recurrent pain. Therefore, disease prevention and health promotion measures are needed to preserve health of pre-hospital EMS personnel.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- emergency medical
- healthcare
- chronic pain
- health promotion
- neuropathic pain
- pain management
- adverse drug
- mental illness
- acute care
- public health
- spinal cord injury
- spinal cord
- emergency department
- risk assessment
- climate change
- health information
- postoperative pain
- anti inflammatory
- electronic health record