Research Article

The Effect of Psychological Hotwash on Resilience of Emergency Medical Services Personnel

Table 1

Demographic and working status of psychological hotwash and control groups.

VariablesFrequency in groupsP value
HotwashControlTotal

Age (years), mean ± SD36.63 ± 6.0333.38 ± 5.9235.00 ± 6.150.034b
BMI, mean ± SD26.41 ± 2.9924.33 ± 3.1225.36 ± 3.210.003b

Marriage status, n (%)
 Married29 (90.62)24 (75)53 (82.8)0.098c
 Single3 (9.38)8 (25)11 (17.2)
Work experience (years), mean ± SD12.06 ± 5.819.03 ± 4.2910.5 ± 5.290.086b
Number of shifts per month, mean ± SD17.28 ± 3.0017.88 ± 3.0217.58 ± 3.000.385b
Number of night shifts per month, mean ± SD8.22 ± 1.219.00 ± 2.128.61 ± 1.760.097b
Number of missions during the study, mean ± SD80.56 ± 10.3179.06 ± 10.1380.20 ± 10.180.110b

Data are presented as n (%), or mean ± SD. SD: standard deviation. bIndependent samples t-test. cChi-square test.