Table 4.

Emotional response commonly observed in second victims

	Primary care					Hospital
	Doctors (N = 332)		Nurses (N = 265)			Doctors (N = 209)		Nurses (N = 230)
In the case that you or a colleague has been involved in a serious adverse event, indicate the frequency of the following responses	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P=	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P=
Feeling dazed/confusion/difficulty concentrating on work, in the days after an adverse event	2.3	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.000	2.0	0.7	2.1	0.9	0.086
Feelings of guilt	2.9	0.7	2.5	0.8	0.000	2.7	0.8	2.9	0.9	0.003
Pessimism about life/sadness	2.2	0.8	2.0	0.8	0.001	2.1	0.7	2.2	0.9	0.382
Tiredness	2.5	0.8	2.2	0.8	0.000	2.3	0.8	2.3	0.9	0.709
Anxiety	2.7	0.8	2.4	0.9	0.001	2.4	0.8	2.6	0.9	0.075
Insomnia/trouble sleeping well	2.5	0.8	2.2	0.8	0.005	2.2	0.8	2.4	0.9	0.084
Re-living the event, again and again	2.6	0.8	2.2	0.8	0.000	2.3	0.8	2.5	0.9	0.187
Anger and mood swings at work	2.1	0.7	1.9	0.7	0.029	2.0	0.7	2.0	0.8	0.847
Anger and mood swings at home	2.2	0.7	2.0	0.8	0.005	2.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.772
Constant doubts about what to do and whether clinical decisions are correct	2.4	0.7	2.1	0.7	0.000	2.2	0.7	2.3	0.8	0.165
Concern about loss of standing among colleagues	1.6	0.6	1.7	0.7	0.806	1.6	0.7	1.8	0.8	0.008
Concern about loss of standing among patients	1.9	0.6	1.7	0.7	0.020	1.5	0.6	1.7	0.8	0.003
Questioning whether to leave the profession	1.8	0.8	1.5	0.7	0.000	1.5	0.6	1.6	0.8	0.456
Response options for all items from 1 (never) to 4 (always)