PMID- 32368655
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220414
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
DP  - 2020 Apr
TI  - Occupational stressors among firefighters: application of multi-criteria decision 
      making (MCDM)Techniques.
PG  - e03820
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03820 [doi]
LID - e03820
AB  - BACKGROUND: Firefighters are exposed to a wide range of occupational stressors 
      due to the nature of their job. Multi-criteria decision-making technique (MCDM) 
      is a method for identifying, evaluating, and preventing occupational stressors 
      among firefighters. The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the 
      occupational stressors among firefighters using the fuzzy delphi method (FDM) and 
      fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP). METHODS: This qualitative-descriptive 
      study was carried out in two stages. First, the most important occupational 
      stressors of firefighters were identified and screened using a systematic review 
      of scientific references and expert opinions based on the FDM. Then, all of the 
      screened stressors were weighted and prioritized by the FAHP using the opinions 
      of experts. All results were analyzed using Excel software. RESULTS: Among, the 
      52 occupational stressors of firefighters identified in the first stage, 27 
      stressors were selected to enter into the FAHP. The FAHP results showed that 
      among the four main dimensions, the weight of managerial factors (0.358) was more 
      than other dimensions. The overall result of the study, regardless of the 
      stressors' main dimensions showed that the most important stressors among 
      firefighters were financial strain due to inadequate pay, fear of explosion at 
      incident scenes, toxic smoke, and gases produced at fires and lack of attention 
      given to job safety by management, respectively. CONCLUSION: According to the 
      results of the study, most occupational stressors of the firefighters are caused 
      by organizational factors. Therefore, the implementation of management strategies 
      to reduce the occupational stress of firefighters is recommended.
CI  - (c) 2020 The Authors.
FAU - Rajabi, Fazel
AU  - Rajabi F
AD  - Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz 
      University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
FAU - Molaeifar, Hossein
AU  - Molaeifar H
AD  - Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz 
      University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
FAU - Jahangiri, Mehdi
AU  - Jahangiri M
AD  - Research Center for Health Science, Institute of Health, Department of 
      Occupational Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
FAU - Taheri, Shekofeh
AU  - Taheri S
AD  - Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz 
      University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
FAU - Banaee, Sean
AU  - Banaee S
AD  - College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
FAU - Farhadi, Payam
AU  - Farhadi P
AD  - Department of Management, Zand Higher Education Institute, Shiraz, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200423
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC7184180
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Delphi fuzzy method
OT  - Firefighters
OT  - Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process
OT  - Occupational stress
OT  - Psychology
EDAT- 2020/05/06 06:00
MHDA- 2020/05/06 06:01
PMCR- 2020/04/23
CRDT- 2020/05/06 06:00
PHST- 2019/08/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/01/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/04/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/05/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/05/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/05/06 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/04/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(20)30665-4 [pii]
AID - e03820 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03820 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2020 Apr 23;6(4):e03820. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03820. eCollection 
      2020 Apr.