Table 2.

Subjective response to the most stressful event of the previous six months, in healthcare workers with or without a history of childhood adversity.

	Violence, abuse or neglect before age 13
	Yes (n = 58) %	No (n = 118) %	Significance*
Qualities of the stressful event
I had no control over the events that caused it	43.1	47.5	0.57
I was at least partially responsible	27.6	16.9	0.10
Someone else was at least partially responsible	24.1	16.9	0.27
Response to the stressful event
It made me feel sad	50.0	40.7	0.24
It made me feel frustrated or angry	51.7	43.2	0.29
It made me feel anxious, nervous or afraid	43.1	27.1	0.03
It made me feel discouraged or hopeless	34.5	16.1	0.006
It made me feel overwhelmed or helpless	44.8	24.6	0.006

^*Significance of Chi-square, df = 1.