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Table 3 Factors associated with full or partial PTSD among the ‘professional exposure only’ category (N = 203 respondents to the PCL5)

From: Mental health impact among hospital staff in the aftermath of the Nice 2016 terror attack: the ECHOS de Nice study

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OR

[CI 95%]

p-value

Adj OR

[CI 95%]

p-value

Gender

 Male

1

  

1

  

 Female

2.91

[1.28; 6.63]

0.011

2.79

[1.19; 6.56]

0.019

Age

  < 30

1

     

 [30; 40[

0.93

[0.39; 2.22]

0.876

   

 [40; 50[

1.24

[0.53; 2.88]

0.618

   

  > =50

0.46

[0.18; 1.16]

0.101

   

Marital status

 Lives with a partner

1

     

 Lives alone

1.53

[0.80; 2.90]

0.198

   

Social isolation

 Yes (feels rather lonely / very lonely)

3.09

[1.16; 8.27]

0.025

3.80

[1.30; 11.16]

0.015

 No (feels rather supported / well supported)

1

  

1

  

Educational level

 Advanced education

1

     

 Secondary level education

1.43

[0.64; 3.19]

0.380

   

Hospital

 Adult

1

     

 Paediatric

0.81

[0.37; 1.77]

0.591

   

Profession

 Medical staff/care providers/students

1

     

 Other staff

1.54

[0.80; 2.93]

0.195

   

Awareness of psychological consequences

 Yes

1

     

 No

2.54

[1.00; 6.44]

0.050

   

Performed tasks involving physical care

 Yes

1.30

[0.57; 2.95]

0.531

   

 No

1

     

Performed tasks involving deceased bodies

 Yes

0.98

[0.49; 1.98]

0.965

   

 No

1

     

Performed tasks involving injured or deceased children

 Yes

1.24

[0.66; 2.32]

0.509

   

 No

1

     

Provided psychological support to, or communicated with families

 Yes

1.20

[0.48; 2.98]

0.699

   

 No

1

     

Perfomed administrative tasks

      

 Yes

1.07

[0.56; 2.02]

0.847

   

 No

1

     

Were confronted with this type of task for the first time

 Yes

3.17

[1.26; 7.98]

0.014

3.04

[1.18; 7.85]

0.022

 No

1

  

1

  

Performed tasks unrelated to their training

 Yes

1.37

[0.71; 2.63]

0.347

   

 No

1

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