Symptoms of PTSD by PCL-5 at baseline (n=287) and 12 month follow-up (n=287).
Baseline | 12 months | Difference baseline to 12 month* | |||
Median (IQR, min–max) | n≥31 (%) | Median (IQR, min–max) | n≥31 (%) | ||
Total population | 6.0 (13, 0–64) | 20 (7.0) | 7.0 (15, 0–71) | 18 (6.3) | 0.016† |
Nurses | 7.0 (13, 0–64) | 17 (7.4) | 10 (17, 0–71) | 18 (7.9) | |
Physicians | 4.0 (6, 0–36) | 1 (3.5) | 4.0 (7, 0–29) | 0 (0) | |
Leaders | 5.0 (12, 0–35) | 2 (7.0) | 4.0 (9, 0–23) | 0 (0) | |
Difference between professions‡ | 0.016† | <0.001† |
PCL-5 scale 0 -80, cut off: 31
*Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
†P≤0.05.
‡Kruskal-Wallis test.
PCL-5, post-traumatic stress disease checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.