Table 3 Associations between attribution and types of exposure and background characteristics in exposed firefighters with long-term physical complaints

Type of exposure:

Rescuing people

62

40

2.5 (1.5–4.2)**

2.0 (1.2–3.5)*

Identification and recovery of or search for victims and human remains

13

18

0.69 (0.33–1.4)

-

Firefighting

71

54

2.1 (1.2–3.6)§

-

Clean-up of disaster site

55

59

0.83 (0.49–1.4)

-

Security and surveillance of disaster area

5

2

3.0 (0.57–15.8)

-

Supporting injured victims and workers

16

7

2.7 (1.1–6.6)*

2.4 (0.95–5.9)

Witnessed immediate disaster scene

82

67

2.3 (1.2–4.2)*

1.9 (0.97–3.6)

Close one affected by disaster

3

6

0.49 (0.12–1.9)

-

Perceived severity disaster:

- not bad

7

12

0.38 (0.12–1.2)

-

- quite bad

11

10

0.75 (0.26–2.2)

-

- terrible

67

67

0.70 (0.31–1.5)

-

- worst thing ever

15

10

Reference

-

Background characteristics:

Age (young)

47

53

0.78 (0.47–1.3)

-

Education

- high

10

5

Reference

-

- intermediate

26

26

0.46 (0.15–1.4)

-

- low

58

60

0.45 (0.16–1.3)

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