Stress and salivary cortisol in emergency medical dispatchers: A randomized shifts control trial.

Stress at work is a public health concern. Phone operators in emergency medical dispatch centers are particularly at risk. We aimed to demonstrate that the most stressful time for emergency medical dispatchers is the shift when they receive emergency incoming calls, with cortisol as a biomarker of s...

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Main Authors: Sarah Bedini, François Braun, Laurence Weibel, Michel Aussedat, Bruno Pereira, Frédéric Dutheil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5432068?pdf=render