Attitudes and Stressors related to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic among Emergency Medical Services Workers in Germany: A cross-sectional Study

This dataset stems from a cross-sectional study conducted in April and Mai 2020 among n=1537 emergency medical services workers (EMS) from entire Germany during the first peak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The study questionnaire was distributed online with help of the German Association of Emergency Medical Service on their social media channels. The collected data provides insights into major stressors among EMS workers at the first peak of the pandemic in Germany and allows for analysis of possible determinants of major stressors via logistic regression analysis. No funding was obtained for this study.

Research question:

Investigation of pandemic-related attitudes, stressors and work outcomes among emergency medical services workers during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Study population:

Emergency medical services workers in Germany

Study type: 

Cross-sectional study (two independent cross-sectional waves)

File type:

SPSS file (.sav)

Study periods:

First wave: April 9th-16th 2020
Second wave: Mai 14th-21st 2020

Number of participants:

1537

Missing values:

None (due to online survey) 

Original variables:

v_982, v_1, v_2, v_31, v_4, v_5, v_7, dupl1_v_13, dupl1_v-14, v_57, v_13, v_37, v_38, v_39, v_40, v_41, v_42, v_43, v_44, v_45, v_46, v_47, v_48, v_49, v_50, dupl1_v_40, dupl1_v_41, dupl1_v_42, dupl1_v_43, v_55, Beruf_Rettungsdienst, Welle

All other variables were calculated from the original variables either by rescaling or dichotomization. 

Dichotomization of attitudes, stressors and work outcomes: 
Answer options "Strongly disagree" and "Disagree" were labelled as "no"
Answer options "Agree" and "Strongly Agree" were labelled as "yes"

Dichotomization of self-rated health:
Answer options "Very bad", "Bad" and "Moderate" were labelled as "Bad".
Answer options "Good" and "Very good" were labelled as "Good".