Eating Patterns among Emergency Medical Service Providers in the United States: A Qualitative Interview Study.

Emergency medical service (EMS) providers experience demanding work conditions in addition to shift work, which increases risk for nutrition related chronic disease such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. The high stress, emergent, and unpredictable nature of EMS m...

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Publicado en:Nutrients Vol. 14; no. 22; pp. 4884 - 4894
Autores principales: Mansouri, Tegan, Ghanatios, George, Hatzinger, Lori, Barich, Rachel, Dampha, Ebriama, Temple, Jennifer L., Clemency, Brian M., Hostler, David
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: MDPI Nov2022
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          Mansouri, Tegan
          Ghanatios, George
          Hatzinger, Lori
          Barich, Rachel
          Dampha, Ebriama
          Temple, Jennifer L.
          Clemency, Brian M.
          Hostler, David
        affil: Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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          Food Habits Evaluation
          Emergency Medical Technicians United States
          Human
          United States
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Thematic Analysis
          Qualitative Studies
          Videoconferencing
          Coding
          Hunger
          Fatigue
          Stress, Occupational
          Interpersonal Relations
          Geographic Factors
          Culture
          Emergency Medical Services
          Health Behavior
      ab: Emergency medical service (EMS) providers experience demanding work conditions in addition to shift work, which increases risk for nutrition related chronic disease such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. The high stress, emergent, and unpredictable nature of EMS may interfere with healthy eating patterns on and off shift, however little is known about how these conditions impact dietary patterns among EMS providers. This study aimed to understand factors impacting dietary patterns through semi-structured interviews with 40 EMS providers throughout the United States. Interviews were conducted virtually via Zoom video conference. Inductive coding was used to identify themes throughout the interviews. Salient factors mentioned in the interviews included hunger, fatigue, stress, coworker influence, ambulance posting, geographical location, agency policy, and culture. Factors were grouped into 4 domains: physiological factors, psychosocial factors, physical environment, and organizational environment, represented by an adapted version of the social ecological model of health behaviors to include factors influencing eating patterns specific to EMS, which may contribute to overall health. Various barriers to healthy eating exist within EMS, and future studies should explore interventions at each level of our proposed model to improve conditions and reduce nutrition related disease risk in this essential population.
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