Reliability and Validity of Survey Instruments to Measure Work-Related Fatigue in the Emergency Medical Services Setting: A Systematic Review.

P Daniel PattersonMatthew D WeaverAnthony FabioEllen M TeasleyMegan L RennBrett R CurtisMargaret E MatthewsAndrew J KroemerXiaoshuang XunZhadyra BizhanovaPatricia M WeissDenisse J SequeiraPatrick J CopplerEddy S LangJ Stephen Higgins

Published in: Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors (2018)

In this systematic review, limited evidence of the reliability and validity of 14 different survey instruments to assess the fatigue and/or sleepiness status of EMS personnel and related shift worker groups was identified.

Keyphrases

emergency medical
systematic review
sleep quality
cross sectional
healthcare
primary care
mental health
randomized controlled trial
physical activity
depressive symptoms
drug induced
positive airway pressure