Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Am J Ind Med. 2019 Jan;62(1):74-79. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22924. Epub 2018 Dec 3.
Emergency medical service (EMS) providers may face sexual harassment (SH) from citizens. No studies have assessed SH prevalence and its association with depressive symptoms among EMS providers in South Korea.
We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 1346 EMS providers in South Korea. SH experience was assessed by asking, "During the past 12 months, have you ever experienced sexual harassment on duty by civil citizens?" Depressive symptoms during the preceding week were assessed using the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Modified Poisson regression was applied to examine association between SH and depressive symptoms.
Among EMS providers, 28.1% of females and 5.6% of males reported sexual harassment. In the gender-stratified analysis, EMS providers those who experienced SH were more likely to have depressive symptoms among females (PR: 2.97, 95% CI: 1.99, 4.44) and males (PR: 2.01, 95% CI: 1.41, 2.86).
Female EMS providers were about five times more likely to experience SH than males.
急救医疗服务（EMS）提供者可能会面临公民的性骚扰（SH）。在韩国，尚无研究评估 EMS 提供者中 SH 的流行程度及其与抑郁症状之间的关联。
我们对韩国的 1346 名 EMS 提供者进行了全国性的横断面调查。通过询问“在过去的 12 个月中，您是否曾在值班时受到过公民的性骚扰？”来评估 SH 经历。在过去一周内，使用流行病学研究中心抑郁量表评估抑郁症状。应用修正泊松回归来检查 SH 与抑郁症状之间的关联。
在 EMS 提供者中，有 28.1%的女性和 5.6%的男性报告了性骚扰。在按性别分层的分析中，与未经历 SH 的 EMS 提供者相比，经历过 SH 的女性（PR：2.97，95%CI：1.99，4.44）和男性（PR：2.01，95%CI：1.41，2.86）更有可能出现抑郁症状。
女性 EMS 提供者经历 SH 的可能性大约是男性的五倍。
