Table 4 Associations between attribution and types of exposure and background characteristics in exposed police officers with long-term physical complaints

Type of exposure:

Rescuing people

21

10

2.4 (1.5–3.9)***

1.6 (0.96–2.7)

Identification and recovery of or search for victims and human remains

12

8

1.7 (0.95–3.0)

2.2 (1.1–4.3)**

Clean-up of disaster site

7

3

2.8 (1.2–6.6)*

2.8 (1.1–7.0)*

Security and surveillance of disaster area

83

75

1.7 (1.1–2.5)*

1.8 (1.1–3.0)*

Supporting injured victims and workers

31

22

1.6 (1.1–2.4)*

-

Witnessed immediate disaster scene

83

70

2.1 (1.4–3.2)***

1.8 (1.1–3.0)*

Close one affected by disaster

11

4

2.8 (1.4–5.7)**

3.1 (1.5–6.5)**

Perceived severity disaster

- not bad

3

10

0.20 (0.08–0.48)***

0.23 (0.09–0.57)**

- quite bad

9

10

0.57 (0.29–1.1)

0.64 (0.32–1.3)

- terrible

62

61

0.70 (0.46–1.1)

0.73 (0.47–1.1)

- worst thing ever

26

18

Reference

Reference

Background characteristics:

Age (young)

50

52

0.93 (0.66–1.3)

-

Education

- high

21

21

Reference

-

- intermediate

49

56

0.87 (0.56–1.3)

-

- low

22

18

1.2 (0.70–2.0)

-

Sex (male)

91

85

1.9 (1.0–3.2)*

-