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Table 2 The mean risk perception ratings by group and role for each health risk (standard error of the mean in the parentheses)

From: Perceptions of personal health risks by medical and non-medical workers in a university medical center: a survey study

Risk

perception

Physicians

(n= 369)

Nurses

(n= 608)

Paramedics

(n= 555)

Total medical workers

(n= 1532)

Total non- medical workers

(n= 963)

For cold

4.23

( .05)

3.77a***

( .05)

3.86a*

( .05)

3.91

( .03)

3.79

( .04)

For annual influenza

2.45

( .05)

2.43

( .04)

2.39

( .04)

2.42

( .02)

2.51

( .03)

For pandemic influenza

1.49

( .04)

1.73

( .03)

1.63

( .03)

1.64

( .02)

1.66

( .03)

For cancer

1.41

( .04)

1.83b**

( .03)

1.79

( .04)

1.72

( .02)

1.89c*

( .03)

For heart attack

1.34

( .03)

1.69b**

( .03)

1.68b**

( .03)

1.60

( .02)

1.78

( .03)

For food poisoning

2.12

( .05)

2.16

( .04)

2.14

( .04)

2.14

( .02)

2.14

( .03)

  1. aSignificantly lower than physicians' ratings. bSignificantly higher than physicians' ratings. cSignificantly higher than medical workers' ratings. ***p < .001. **p < .01. *p < .05.