Table 3 Symptoms of disturbed sleep, musculoskeletal pain and need for recovery among operational ambulance personnel with anxiety and depression symptoms
From: Health problems and help-seeking in a nationwide sample of operational Norwegian ambulance personnel
Musculoskeletal pain | Disturbed sleep | Need for recovery | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence (95%CI) | Prevalence (95%CI) | Mean (95%CI) | ||
Total sample | all (n = 1161) | 43.6 (41.1–46.9) | 6.3 (4.9–7.7) | 2.5 (2.3–2.7) |
men (n = 889) | 44.9 (41.7–48.3) | 5.9 (4.3–7.4) | 2.5 (2.3–2.7) | |
women (n = 272) | 43.2 (37.1–48.8) | 7.8 (4.6–11.0) | 2.4 (2.1–2.8) | |
HADS Anxiety ≥ 8 | all (n = 126) | 69.4 (60.9–77.1) χ2*** | 21.4 (14.3–28.8) χ2*** | 5.4 (4.9–5.8) t-test |
men (n = 89) | 69.7 (60.5–79.5) *** | 23.6 (14.8–32.4) *** | 5.9 (5.3–6.4) *** | |
women (n = 37) | 68.6 (54.1–83.9) ** | 16.2 (4.3–28.1) * | 4.3 (3.4–5.2) *** | |
HADS Depression ≥ 8 | all (n = 85) | 75.7 (66.9–85.1) *** | 31.1 (20.5–41.6) *** | 6.2 (5.6–6.8) *** |
men (n = 65) | 76.6 (66.8–87.2) *** | 28.1 (17.1–39.2) *** | 6.3 (5.6–7.0) *** | |
women (n = 10) | 70.0 (41.6–98.4) ns | 50 (19.0–80.1) *** | 5.4 (3.6–7.1) ** |