Table 2 Help-seeking during last 12 months among ambulance personnel compared to a general working population
From: Health problems and help-seeking in a nationwide sample of operational Norwegian ambulance personnel
General practitioner | Other physician | Physiotherapist | Chiropractor | Occupational health practitioner | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude prevalences | Gen | Amb | Gen | Amb | Gen | Amb | Gen | Amb | Gen | Amb |
All | 71.9 | 56.5 *** | 32.7 | 27.2 *** | 16.4 | 11.7 *** | 4.5 | 11.7 *** | 24.4 | 2.8 *** |
Men | 62.1 | 53.7 *** | 28.7 | 25.0 * | 13.5 | 9.5 ** | 5.2 | 10.9 *** | 32.2 | 2.8 *** |
Women | 79.9 | 65.4 *** | 36.1 | 34.1 ns | 18.8 | 18.8 na | 4.0 | 14.1 *** | 17.5 | 2.9 *** |
Adjusted model | OR (95% CI) | OR (95%CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||||
Constant | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |||||
Ambulance sample | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) *** | 0.9 (0.8–1.1) ns | 0.7 (0.6–0.9) * | 2.5 (2.0–3.2) *** | 0.1 (0.05–0.11)*** | |||||
Women | 2.4 (2.3–2.5) *** | 1.4 (1.3–1.5) *** | 1.5 (1.4–1.6) *** | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) *** | 0.4 (0.4–0.5) *** | |||||
Age | 1.0 (0.9–1.0) ns | 1.1 (1.1–1.2) *** | 1.3 (1.2–1.3) *** | 1.3 (1.3–1.4) *** | 1.3 (1.3–1.4) *** | |||||
Anxiety symptoms+ | 1.7 (1.6–1.9) *** | 1.4 (1.3–1.6) *** | 1.4 (1.3–1.6) *** | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) *** | 1.1 (1.1–1.3) *** | |||||
Depression symptoms+ | 1.4 (1.3–1.6) *** | 1.4 (1.2–1.5) *** | 1.3 (1.2–1.5) *** | 1.2 (0.9–1.5) ns | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) ns | |||||