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Table 3 Posttraumatic stress symptoms

From: Exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms among first responders working in proximity to the terror sites in Norway on July 22, 2011 – a cross-sectional study

Median (range) or n (%)

Police officers n = 76

Fire-fighters n = 73

Ambulance personnel n = 89

p value

PCL-S total score

19 (17-36)

19 (17-64)

20 (17-64)

ns

Score ≥ 50 possible PTSD case

0 (0.0)

2 (2.7)

1 (1.1)

ns

Score 35 - 49 possible sub-threshold PTSD

1 (1.3)

1 (1.4)

3 (3.4)

ns

  1. Note: PTSD Checklist- specific version (PCL-S), range = 17- 85.