Table 3.
Deployment experiences of the INF, PARAs and RMCs
| Deployment experiences variables | INF (n = 572)a | PARAs (n = 202)a | RMCs (n = 275)a | INF versus PARAs | INF versus RMCs | PARAs versus RMCs |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P value | P value | P value | |
| Any TELIC deployment | 434 (76) | 190 (94) | 250 (91) | <0.001 | <0.001 | NS |
| Time spent in a forward area | ||||||
| Not at all | 153 (28) | 35 (18) | 55 (20) | <0.05 | <0.001 | NS |
| Up to 1 month | 155 (28) | 77 (40) | 129 (48) | |||
| >1 month | 248 (45) | 81 (42) | 86 (32) | |||
| Came under small arms fire | 322 (56) | 89 (44) | 146 (53) | <0.05 | NS | <0.05 |
| Came under mortar or artillery fire | 320 (56) | 125 (62) | 181 (66) | NS | <0.05 | NS |
| Saw personnel wounded or killed | 366 (65) | 133 (66) | 195 (71) | NS | <0.05 | NS |
| Thought might be killed | 383 (68) | 126 (63) | 174 (64) | NS | NS | NS |
| Work in theatre was generally outside experience/ability | 67 (15) | 30 (16) | 31 (12) | NS | NS | NS |
| Unit cohesion (general factor) | 0.11 (0.03–0.20)b | 0.01 (−0.12, 0.15)b | 0.25 (0.15–0.36)b | NS | <0.05c | <0.05c |
| Time (days) between leaving theatre and completing questionnaire | 532.5 (490.7–574.3)b | 515.3 (478.7–551.9)b | 729.4 (693.7–765.1)b | NSc | <0.001c | <0.001c |
Numbers (n), percentages (%), means (M) and 95% CIs are displayed together with P values for t-tests and χ2 statistics. NS = not significant.
a
Some categories do not add up to denominators because of missing data.
b
Mean and 95% CI and corresponding t-test.
c
t-test adjusted for unequal variances.