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Table 1 Description of participant characteristics

From: Stress of emergency physicians during helicopter operations: impact of patients’ diagnoses, severity of diagnoses, and physicians’ work experience

 

Emergency physicians

Norm Sample

Total, n

59

Females, n (%)

19 (32.2%)

Age (years), M (SD)

39.69 (6.19)

BMI (kg/m²), M (SD)

26.52 (3.23)

Smoker, n (%)

6 (10.17)

Cigarettes/day, M (SD)

7.67 (3.51)

Contraceptive pill, n (%)

0 (0)

Medication intake, n (%)

3 (5.08)

Work experience (years), M (SD)

11.37 (7.91)

Medical speciality:

Anesthesiology

Surgery

Other

43

6

10

SCL-90-R

GSI, M (SD)

0.17 (0.18)

0.36 (0.37)

PST, M (SD)

12.04 (12.42)

22.20 (18.09)

TICS scales

Work overload, M (SD)

14.49 (6.57)

9.77 (6.22)

Social overload, M (SD)

13.20 (3.65)

7.42 (4.98)

Pressure to perform, M (SD)

19.34 (5.57)

12.24 (7.08)

Work discontent, M (SD)

7.92 (3.84)

9.67 (5.57)

Excessive demands at work, M (SD)

5.00 (3.40)

5.57 (4.26)

Lack of social recognition, M (SD)

4.39 (3.06)

4.51 (3.21)

Social tensions, M (SD)

4.68 (3.47)

6.08 (4.53)

Social isolation, M (SD)

4.78 (3.67)

7.11 (5.01)

Chronic worrying, M (SD)

3.83 (2.24)

4.79 (3.35)

Chronic Stress Screening Scale, M (SD)

12.90 (6.99)

13.33 (8.32)

  1. Note. TICS norm sample from Petrowski et al. (2012); SCL-90-R Norm Sample from Franke (1995). BMI = Body Mass Index; GSI = Global Severity Index; PST = Positive Symptom Total; SCL-90-R = Symptom Checklist-90-R; TICS = Trier Inventory of Chronic Stress