Table 4.
Within-group comparison of degree of severity of stress experienced by emergency medical technicians based on the study groups
| Group | Degree of stress intensity | At the beginning | Immediately after the intervention | *Statistical test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics | P-value (two-tailed) | ||||||
| Intervention | Less than average | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 3.4 | 0.001 |
| Average | 19 | 76 | 19 | 76 | |||
| Rather higher than average | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Much higher than average | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Control | Less than average | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.41 | 0.16 |
| Average | 20 | 80 | 20 | 80 | |||
| Rather higher than average | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Much higher than average | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | |||
Note: *Marginal homogeneity test.