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This study aimed to determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related individual and occupational factors in Turkish paramedics during the eleventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1935789324002714_sec2\" sec-type=\"methods\">\n\t    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>The \u201cSociodemographic Information Form,\u201d \u201cLife Events Checklist,\u201d and \u201cPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist\u201d were used to collect data from 440 randomly selected paramedics in this cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1935789324002714_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n\t    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>The prevalence of PTSD was 59.8% in the 11<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> month of the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple regression analysis revealed that approximately 25% of the total PTSD score could be independently explained by paramedics\u2019 general health situation and sociodemographic characteristics; 27% by crisis management skills, long working hours, a lack of equipment, and intensive work; and 40% by past traumatic experiences due to difficult life events during their professional practice, such as responding to gunshot wounds, becoming a victim of a gunshot attack, or sexual assault (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1935789324002714_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n\t    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Integrating a mental health monitoring system into the health and safety program, providing paramedics with supervision and psychological assistance, and engaging them in disaster preparedness planning would be beneficial.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/dmp.2024.271","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,6]],"date-time":"2024-12-06T10:11:06Z","timestamp":1733479866000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Preparing for the Future Pandemic: Impact of Individual and Occupational Factors on Paramedics\u2019 Mental Health"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3852-8516","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ozge","family":"Celen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4572-7137","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zeynep","family":"\u015eimsek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1935789324002714_r11","unstructured":"11. 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