Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participating DMAT members (n = 424)
Variables | n (%) | mean (SD) | median (range) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 38.2 (7.5) | ||
Period of deployment (days) | 4 (1–21) | ||
Sex, women | 145 (34.2) | ||
Marital status, married | 274 (64.6) | ||
Presence of a child (or children) | 234 (55.2) | ||
Highest Education, university or higher | 200 (47.2) | ||
Current smoker | 100 (23.6) | ||
Current drinker | 321 (75.7) | ||
Occupation | |||
Physician | 102 (24.1) | ||
Nurse | 194 (45.8) | ||
Operational coordination staff | 128 (30.2) | ||
Past history of psychiatric illness, yes | 8 (1.9) | ||
Stress prior to deployment, yes | 104 (24.5) | ||
Injury during deployment, yes | 2 (0.5) | ||
Disaster operation experience, yes | 84 (19.8) | ||
Experience of contact with corpses, yes | 47 (11.1) | ||
Experience of saving a child during deployment, yes | 21 (5.0) | ||
Concern over radiation, yes | 39 (9.2) | ||
Duration of time spent watching earthquake news | |||
<1 hour | 107 (25.2) | ||
1–4 hours | 292 (68.9) | ||
≥4 hours | 25 (5.9) |