Table 4 Levels of secondary traumatic stress (STS) in participants with different work place, years of experience on that work place and work shifts (N = 151)
Level of STS (N) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Little or no STS | Mild STS | Moderate STS | High STS | Severe STS | M | SD | ||
Work place | Intensive care unit | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 13.1 |
Surgery | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 8.1 | |
Internal medicine | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 10.7 | |
Pediatrics | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 16.1 | |
Psychiatry | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9.6 | |
Day clinic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10.1 | |
Other | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 10.5 | |
Years working in that place | < 6 months | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 8.7 |
6 months– 4 years | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 12.2 | |
5–9 years | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 9.4 | |
10–14 years | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 9.9 | |
15–20 years | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 10.3 | |
20 > years | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 13.4 | |
Work shifts | Only morning shits | 7 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 11.4 |
Two shifts (morning and afternoon shift) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 10.3 | |
Block shifts (whole day, and whole night) | 11 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 11.3 | |
Morning shift + 24-hour shift | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 9.9 | |
Other work schedules | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.8 | |