Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics and distribution of WHO-5 scores and PTSD.
| WHO-5 score | PTSD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard deviation | Positive depression screening* | No | Yes | ||||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | |||||
| Age, years | 18–30 (N = 1167) | 56.11 | 18.67 | 36.7% | 1134 | 97.2% | 33 | 2.8% |
| 31–40 (N = 758) | 53.30 | 19.38 | 43.5% | 721 | 95.1% | 37 | 4.9% | |
| 41–50 (N = 525) | 48.23 | 20.81 | 54.9% | 479 | 91.2% | 46 | 8.8% | |
| 51–70 (N = 230) | 49.08 | 21.72 | 50.9% | 202 | 87.8% | 28 | 12.2% | |
| Gender | Male (N = 2140) | 53.37 | 20.04 | 42.8% | 2013 | 94.1% | 127 | 5.9% |
| Female (N = 540) | 52.52 | 18.80 | 45.7% | 523 | 96.9% | 17 | 3.1% | |
| Weight | Underweight (N = 17) | 51.29 | 23.29 | 52.9% | 15 | 88.2% | 2 | 11.8% |
| Normal weight (N = 1061) | 55.80 | 19.62 | 39.2% | 1009 | 95.1% | 52 | 4.9% | |
| Pre-obese (N = 1013) | 52.71 | 19.53 | 43.3% | 960 | 94.8% | 53 | 5.2% | |
| Obese (N = 586) | 49.26 | 19.89 | 50.9% | 548 | 93.5% | 38 | 6.5% | |
| Highest level of professional training | Other qualification (N = 19) | 61.05 | 16.16 | 21.1% | 18 | 94.7% | 1 | 5.3% |
| Notfallsanitäter in training (N = 98) | 64.24 | 18.07 | 22.4% | 96 | 98.0% | 2 | 2.0% | |
| Rettungssanitäter (N = 483) | 55.60 | 19.41 | 38.9% | 458 | 94.8% | 25 | 5.2% | |
| Rettungsassistent (N = 1177) | 50.63 | 19.66 | 48.5% | 1101 | 93.5% | 76 | 6.5% | |
| Notfallsanitäter (N = 832) | 52.99 | 20.05 | 43.3% | 792 | 95.2% | 40 | 4.8% | |
| Emergency physician (N = 75) | 62.19 | 15.75 | 28.0% | 74 | 98.7% | 1 | 1.3% | |
| Years of service | 0–5 (N = 928) | 57.06 | 18.70 | 34.4% | 903 | 97.3% | 25 | 2.7% |
| 6–15 (N = 883) | 52.61 | 19.25 | 45.0% | 840 | 95.1% | 43 | 4.9% | |
| >15 (N = 866) | 49.60 | 20.83 | 51.6% | 791 | 91.3% | 75 | 8.7% | |
* pos. depression screening indicated by a WHO-5 score <50%