Table 2. Descriptive data, including frequency and percentage for the health care professionals and severity of secondary traumatic stress and varying levels of optimism/pessimism using Life Orientation Test-Revised.
| Variable | Occupation | p-value* (based on χ2 / t-test) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (2008) | Doctor (n = 611) | Nurse (n = 924) | Allied HCP (n = 473) | ||
| STSS | < .0001 | ||||
| • No STS | 460 | 72 (11.8) | 192 (20.8) | 196 (41.4) | |
| • Mild STS | 780 | 220 (36.0) | 398 (43.1) | 162 (34.3) | |
| • Moderate STS | 346 | 129 (21.1) | 174 (18.8) | 43 (9.1) | |
| • High STS | 195 | 74 (12.1) | 84 (9.1) | 37 (7.8) | |
| • Severe STS | 227 | 116 (19.0) | 76 (8.2) | 35 (7.4) | |
| Intrusion (mean(SD)) | 11.7(3.7) | 10.4(3.1) | 7.8(3.9) | < .0001 | |
| Avoidance(mean(SD)) | 15.8(4.8) | 14.4(4.0) | 12.7(4.8) | < .0001 | |
| Arousal(mean(SD)) | 11.8(3.7) | 10.3(3.2) | 10.2(3.8) | < .0001 | |
| LOTR | < .0001 | ||||
| • Low Optimism (High pessimism) | 226 | 67 (11.0) | 86 (9.3) | 73 (15.4) | |
| • Moderate Optimism | 1183 | 300 (49.1) | 591 (64.0) | 292 (61.7) | |
| • High Optimism (Low pessimism) | 599 | 244 (39.3) | 247 (26.7) | 108 (22.8) | |
| Mood VAS | 5.8(2.2) | 5.9(2.4) | 5.2(2.0) | < .0001 | |
*(Chi square test was used to analyse categorical data, whereas t-test was used to analyse differences in means between groups).