Objective To compare the levels of occupational stress in mine emergency rescuers who had provided assistance in disaster relieves and who had not.
Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect information including age, service length, gender, education, marital status, etc. Occupational stress scale was employed to evaluate stressor, personality, mitigating factor, and stress response. The analysis of covariance was used for data analysis.
Results The rescuers with disaster relief experience had higher scores of inter-group conflict, task control, job demand, workload change, promotion opportunity, competitiveness, coping strategy, and daily stress than those without; whereas, they had lower scores of job control, job monotonicity, patience, work locus of control, self-esteem, and psychological health (P < 0.05).
Conclusion Participating disaster relief assignment can elevate the level of occupational stress in rescuers;therefore, more attention should be paid to their physical and mental health.
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