Research Article

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

Table 3

Comparison of the resiliency subscales mean scores before and after interventions in the psychological hotwash and control groups.

Resiliency subscalesTimesGroupsResiliency scoretdf value
MeanSD

Job motivationBefore interventionHotwash58.625.020.354620.725
Control58.214.11
One day after the interventionHotwash60.502.992.103620.040
Control58.683.84
Six weeks after the interventionHotwash59.963.551.316620.193
Control58.753.85

Communication challengesBefore interventionHotwash13.001.880.143620.887
Control12.931.60
One day after the interventionHotwash13.061.50−0.774620.442
Control13.341.40
Six weeks after the interventionHotwash12.931.64−1.135620.261
Control13.371.43

Social supportBefore interventionHotwash9.001.162.57620.012
Control8.251.16
One day after the interventionHotwash9.061.342.234620.029
Control8.400.97
Six weeks after the interventionHotwash9.181.023.110620.003
Control8.400.97

Remaining calmBefore interventionHotwash22.561.960.246620.806
Control22.432.09
One day after the interventionHotwash23.531.520.637620.526
Control23.311.20
Six weeks after the interventionHotwash23.711.461.450620.152
Control23.211.28

Self-managementBefore interventionHotwash22.431.991.027620.309
Control21.961.63
One day after the interventionHotwash22.931.501.659620.102
Control22.311.51
Six weeks after the interventionHotwash22.961.461.920620.059
Control22.251.52

Consequences of stressBefore interventionHotwash13.281.57−0.614620.541
Control13.531.68
One day after the interventionHotwash13.961.030.809620.422
Control13.681.67
Six weeks after the interventionHotwash13.901.170.605620.547
Control13.681.67