Table 2 Exposure, sick-leave and help seeking among personnel within different occupations

Peritraumatic threat (scale 0–3)

.5 (.5–.6)

.2 (.2–.3)

.8 (.7–.9)

.9 (.7–1.1)

.4 (.4–.5)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

<.001**

Witnessing, number of witnessing experiences (0–7)

2.0 (1.9–2.1)

1.1 (1.0–1.3)

1.9 (1.7–2.2)

3.9 (3.6–4.3)

1.2 (1.0–1.3)

3.4 (3.0–3.9)

<.001**

Feeling overwhelmed (scale 1–5)

2.4 (2.4–2.5)

2.6 (2.5–2.8)

2.6 (2.5–2.8)

2.5 (2.3–2.7)

2.2 (2.0–2.3)

3.2 (2.8–3.5)

<.001**

Perceiving a lack of control (scale 1–5)

2.0 (2.0–2.1)

2.2 (2.1–2.3)

2.5 (2.3–2.6)

2.1 (1.9–2.3)

1.9 (1.8–2.0)

2.6 (2.2–2.9)

<.001**

<.001**

 Certainly not

691 (82.2)

160 (75.8)

178 (70.9)

79 (79.0)

258 (84.3)

21 (38.2)

 Probably not

134 (15.9)

43 (20.4)

58 (23.1)

19 (19.0)

43 (14.1)

16 (29.1)

 Yes, possibly/very likely

16 (1.9)

8 (3.8)

15 (6.0)

2 (2.0)

5 (1.6)

18 (32.7)

Unwanted/unexpected stress responses (yes/uncertain)

253 (30.2)

65 (30.5)

68 (27.1)

33 (33.0)

72 (23.5)

34 (61.8)

<.001**

Contacted psychologist/psychiatrist

39 (4.8)

34 (16.3)

13 (5.1)

9 (9.1)

8 (2.6)

23 (42.6)

<.001**

 Total

115 (13.9)

27 (12.8)

6 (2.4)

5 (5.1)

10 (3.3)

8 (14.5)

<.001**

  0–7 days

110 (13.3)

25 (11.8)

2 (.8)

5 (5.1)

7 (2.3)

2 (3.6)

  1–2 weeks

3 (.4)

1 (.5)

1 (.4)

0 (0)

1 (.3)

3 (5.5)

  >2 weeks

2 (.2)

1 (.5)

3 (1.2)

0 (0)

2 (.7)

3 (5.5)

Support provided from employer/crisis team (defusing/debriefing/psychologist/gatherings)

656 (81.2)

155 (74.2)

194 (80.5)

92 (94.8)

194 (64.7)

22 (50.0)

<.001*