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Table 2 Association between concern over radiation exposure and psychological distress among participating DMAT members

From: Concern over radiation exposure and psychological distress among rescue workers following the Great East Japan Earthquake Concern over radiation exposure and distress

 

Men (n = 279)

Women (n = 145)

 

concerned

not concerned

 

statistics

concerned

not concerned

 

statistics

 

(n =23)

(n = 256)

  

(n = 16)

(n = 129)

  
 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p value

p value*

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p value

p value*

K6 total score

7.2 ± 5.8

2.5 ± 3.4

<.001

<.001

7.0 ± 5.0

4.1 ± 4.1

.011

.023

CES-D total score

16.3 ± 9.7

10.2 ± 6.8

<.001

<.001

18.4 ± 10.8

13.1 ± 8.7

.025

.084

PDI total score

20.0 ± 8.7

11.4 ± 6.5

<.001

<.001

18.7 ± 9.1

14.4 ± 7.2

.032

.072

IES-R total score

22.3 ± 19.3

8.5 ± 9.7

<.001

<.001

19.1 ± 14.1

11.6 ± 11.8

.021

.026

  1. DMAT disaster medical assistant team, SD standard deviation, K6 Kessler 6 scale, CES-D Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, PDI Peritraumatic Distress Inventory, IES-R Impact of Event Scale-Revised.
  2. *controlled for age, occupation, disaster operation experience, duration of time spent watching earthquake news, and past history of psychiatric illness
  3. Cronbach’s alpha: for K6 = .89, for CES-D = .85, for PDI = .83, for IES-R = .94.