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. 2015 Apr 9;15:151. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0790-7

Table 3.

Professional consequences observed in second victims

Primary care (N=458) Hospital (N=360)
Doctors (N=267) Nurses (N=191) Doctors (N=182) Nurses (N=178)
N % N % P= N % N % P=
Required time off work 74 27.8 52 27.7 1.00 25 13.7 43 24.2 0.017
Requested transfer to a different department/unit or health centre 41 15.4 36 18.8 0.288 18 9.9 45 25.1 0.001
Left the profession 8 3.0 5 2.6 1.00 3 1.7 3 1.7 1.00