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Air medical program merger and stress.

H Herron1, B Dean, R Crane

  • 1Columbus MedFlight, Columbus, OH, USA.

Air Medical Journal
|May 27, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Job stress in air medical transport personnel was low following a program merger. Stress levels were generally unrelated to organizational changes, possibly due to proactive stress management during the merger.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Organizational Psychology

Background:

  • Assessing the impact of program mergers on job stress in air medical transport is crucial for personnel well-being.
  • Mergers can introduce significant organizational changes and potential stressors for healthcare professionals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effect of a program merger on job stress among air medical transport personnel.
  • To investigate the relationship between life stressors and work-related stress in this population.

Main Methods:

  • Anonymous survey of 104 transport personnel in a merged air and ground critical care program.
  • Utilized the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) for life events and the Medical Personnel Stress Survey (MPSS) for work stress.
  • Analyzed organizational stress (OS), frustration/exhaustion (FE), job satisfaction (JS), and psychosomatic complaints (PC).

Main Results:

  • Low average SRRS scores (130.9) with only 20% above 200.
  • No significant differences in MPSS scores between high and low SRRS groups.
  • Weak negative correlation between SRRS and OS (r = -0.297, P < 0.05); significant correlations found within MPSS components.

Conclusions:

  • Overall personnel stress levels were low in the merged air medical program.
  • Organizational stress appeared unrelated to overall job stress, potentially due to effective merger management.
  • Proactive stress mitigation strategies may have contributed to low stress levels post-merger.

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