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Table 2 Comparison of the outcome variables for the respondents of this study (N = 152) with normative data and the number (percentage) of respondents reaching the sub-clinical and clinical cutoffs for PTSD, anxiety, depression, somatic complaints and the clinical cutoff for perceived fatigue

From: The impact of occupational hazards and traumatic events among Belgian emergency physicians

Outcome variable

Means (SD)

Sign.

Cutoff

Subclinical level

Cutoff

Clinical level

PTSR (IES)

   

N (%)

 

N (%)

Emergency Physicians

Missing 2 resp.

10.98 (13.97)

**

20–25

30 (19.8 %)

≥26

22 (14.5 %)

Normative sample

8.10 (12.30)

Anxiety (BSI)

   

N (%)

 

N (%)

Emergency Physicians

0.61 (0.72)

*

0.42–1.37

68 (44.7 %)

≥1.38

16 (10.5 %)

Normative sample

0.33 (0.51)

Depression (BSI)

   

N (%)

 

N (%)

Emergency Physicians

0.55 (0.71)

*

0.36–1.73

64 (44.1.x %)

≥1.74

12 (7.9 %)

Normative sample

0.31 (0.53)

Somatic complaints (PHQ 15)

   

N (%)

 

N (%)

Emergency Physicians

5.99 (4.69)

*

5–9

82 (53.9 %)

≥10

26 (17.1 %)

Normative sample

3.80 (4.10)

Perceived fatigue (CIS-20R)

     

N (%)

Emergency Physicians

29.63 (16.73)

*

  

>35

52 (34.2 %)

Normative sample

17.30 (10.10)

  1. Abbreviations: ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.* at the 0.05 level, resp. = respondents
  2. Bold values denote significant treatment differences