Table 3

Symptoms of PTSD by PCL-5 at baseline (n=287) and 12 month follow-up (n=287).

Baseline12 monthsDifference baseline to 12 month*
Median
(IQR, min–max)
n≥31 (%)Median
(IQR, min–max)
n≥31 (%)
Total population6.0 (13, 0–64)20 (7.0)7.0 (15, 0–71)18 (6.3)0.016†
Nurses7.0 (13, 0–64)17 (7.4)10 (17, 0–71)18 (7.9)
Physicians4.0 (6, 0–36)1 (3.5)4.0 (7, 0–29)0 (0)
Leaders5.0 (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.