The Job stress Survey (JSS) Items | Lack of support leaders | Demanding job tasks | Time pressure | Lack of support co-workers |
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No participating in decisions | 0.84 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Lack recognition for good work | 0.80 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.28 |
Poor or inadequate supervision | 0.61 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.18 |
Difficult working with superior | 0.81 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
Inadequate support by supervisor | 0.57 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.25 |
Difficulty getting along with supervisor | 0.79 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.22 |
Working overtime | 0.16 | 0.56 | 0.05 | 0.12 |
Critical on the spot decisions | 0.20 | 0.73 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
Assigned increased responsibility | 0.32 | 0.62 | 0.19 | 0.11 |
Assignment of new duties | 0.11 | 0.75 | 0.24 | 0.03 |
Perform duties not in job description | 0.04 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.16 |
Frequent interruptions | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.53 | 0.42 |
Frequent change simple to demanding tasks | 0.06 | 0.44 | 0.61 | 0.16 |
Excessive paperwork | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.79 | 0.12 |
Meeting deadline | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.82 | 0.14 |
Insufficient personal time | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.66 | 0.04 |
Fellow workers not doing job | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0.77 |
Covering work for others | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.56 |
Poorly motivated co-workers | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.79 |
Sums of squared loadings | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
% variance | 20.4 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 11.0 |
The Norwegian Ambulance Stress Survey (NASS) | Non-Emergency tasks | Serious operational tasks | Physical demands | |
Hide feelings towards patients and relatives | 0.83 | 0.13 | 0.16 | |
Not being able to express own opinion to patients or relatives | 0.82 | 0.08 | 0.19 | |
Medical responsibility in the vehicle | 0.63 | 0.34 | 0.17 | |
Negative attitude from relatives about the job you are doing | 0.60 | 0.29 | 0.07 | |
The cumulative effect of frequently driving chronically ill patients | 0.54 | 0.25 | 0.24 | |
Take care of seriously injured and dying patients | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.15 | |
Uncertainty about what you will meet on the scene of accident | 0.51 | 0.60 | 0.11 | |
Incident with seriously injured friend or people you know | 0.19 | 0.73 | 0.12 | |
Incident with seriously injured children | 0.09 | 0.83 | 0.15 | |
Deal with acting-out and threatening patients | 0.18 | 0.70 | 0.22 | |
Driving under difficult conditions | 0.34 | 0.62 | 0.18 | |
Heavy lifting | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.91 | |
Carrying out the work under difficult conditions | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.91 | |
Working in bent or twisted positions | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.87 | |
Sums of squared loadings | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | |
% variance | 23.3 | 22.7 | 19.3 |