Table 1. Mean and standard deviations of the scores obtained on socio-demographic details along with overall secondary traumatic stress (STS) and mood visual analog scale responses.
| Name of Characteristics | Total | Female | Male | p-value* (based on χ2 / t-test) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age mean (SD) | 35.7 (11.9) | 29.7 (8.9) | 41.9 (11.5) | ||||
| Marital status | |||||||
| • Married | 1208 | 60.2 | 421 | 41.0 | 787 | 80.2 | < .0001 |
| • Unmarried | 800 | 39.8 | 606 | 59.0 | 194 | 19.8 | < .0001 |
| Clinical role | |||||||
| • Doctor | 611 | 30.4 | 198 | 19.3 | 413 | 42.1 | < .0001 |
| • Nurse | 924 | 46.0 | 783 | 76.2 | 141 | 14.4 | < .0001 |
| • Others | 473 | 23.6 | 46 | 4.5 | 427 | 43.5 | < .0001 |
| Type of practice | |||||||
| • Hospital without ICU | 899 | 44.8 | 289 | 28.1 | 610 | 62.2 | < .0001 |
| • Hospital with ICU | 1109 | 55.2 | 738 | 17.9 | 371 | 37.8 | < .0001 |
| Experience in the field (years) (Mean (SD)) | 11.0 (15.8) | 7.1 (18.7) | 15.1 (10.4) | < .0001 | |||
| Intrusion (Mean (SD)) | 10.2(3.8) | 10.7(3.3) | 9.6(4.1) | < .0001 | |||
| Avoidance (Mean (SD)) | 14.4(4.6) | 14.6(4.3) | 14.2(4.9) | < .0001 | |||
| Arousal (Mean (SD)) | 10.8(3.6) | 10.7(3.4) | 10.8(3.7) | < .0001 | |||
| Mood VAS (Mean (SD)) | 5.7(2.3) | 5.7(2.3) | 5.7(2.2) | < .0001 | |||
*(Chi square test was used to analyse categorical data, whereas t-test was used to analyse differences in means between groups).