Skip to main content

Table 1 IES-R total and subscale mean scores by subgroups

From: Stress reactions after a patient suicide and their relations to the profile of mental health professionals

Subgroup

Impact

Total IES-R mean score [SD]

Intrusion mean score [SD]

Avoidance mean score [SD]

Hyperarousal mean score [SD]

Total IES-R score ≥25

Size (n)

Size (%)

A

Low

8.6 [8.3]

5.2 [4.2]

2.3 [2.9]

1.0 [2.6]

3.2 %

63

9.5 %

B

Low

9.8 [9.6]

5.3 [4.6]

3.1 [4.2]

1.5 [2.8]

8.8 %

151

22.7 %

C

Low

11.1 [11.7]

6.0 [5.2]

3.7 [5.0]

1.4 [3.3]

9.7 %

157

23.6 %

D

Moderate

16.0 [11.9]

9.4 [6.0]

4.3 [4.5]

2.3 [3.1]

19.0 %

244

36.6 %

E

High

21.2 [13.4]

11.4 [6.4]

6.2 [5.0]

3.6 [4.4]

33.3 %

51

7.7 %

Total

 

13.1 [11.7]

7.4 [5.8]

3.8 [4.5]

1.9 [3.2]

14.0 %

666

100.0 %

Differences between subgroups (p)

 

<0.001a

<0.001a

<0.001a

<0.001a

<0.001b

  
  1. IES-R scores are the criterion, subgroup membership is the predictor
  2. aone-way analysis of variance
  3. bchi-square test
  4. Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding