Table 3.

Comparisons of the IES-R scores between medical and non-medical HCWs.

Group	Medical HCWs	Non-medical HCWs	p
PTSD symptoms	40 (11.4%)	13 (26.0%)	0.004**
Hyperarousal	4.98 ± 3.973	5.94 ± 5.423	0.543
Intrusion	7.48 ± 5.256	8.16 ± 6.172	0.672
Avoidance	5.54 ± 4.879	5.96 ± 5.268	0.630

IES-R, The Impact of Event Scale (IES-R) scale was used to assess subjective stress caused by traumatic events. IES-R total score >33 is identified to have PTSD symptoms.

PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder.

^**p < 0.01.