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Table 1 The demographic, occupational, and clinical characteristics by suicidal ideation in the past year (N = 45,698)

From: Prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation in Korean firefighters: a nationwide study

 

N (%) of M ± SD

T or Chi-square

Suicidal ideation

No suicidal ideation

Age

43.01 ± 8.52

42.45 ± 9.16

t = 4.31*

Sex

 Male

4344 (89.18)

37,982 (93.03)

χ2 = 91.42*

 Female

527 (10.82)

2845 (6.97)

 

Marital status (N = 45,606)

 Married

3753 (77.22)

30,813 (75.62)

χ2 = 98.86*

 Never married

929 (19.12)

9195 (22.57)

 

 Divorced/separated/widowed

178 (3.66)

738 (1.81)

 

Religion (N = 45,555)

 No

3101 (63.96)

26,532 (65.18)

χ2 = 2.81

 Yes

1747 (36.04)

14,175 (34.82)

 

Work length (year)

13.93 ± 8.97

13.30 ± 9.48

t = 4.62*

Current duty

 Fire suppression

1968 (40.40)

17,028 (41.71)

χ2 = 28.68*

 EMS

1468 (30.14)

13,203 (32.34)

 

 Officer

1435 (29.46)

10,596 (25.95)

 

Recent trauma

 No

1094 (22.46)

16.34 (39.27)

χ2 = 525.01*

 Yes

3777 (77.54)

24,793 (60.73)

 

Occupational stress

7.94 ± 1.62

7.07 ± 1.65

t = 35.06*

Emotional labor

16.11 ± 4.66

12.58 ± 5.04

t = 49.50*

Probable PTSD

 No

4240 (87.05)

40,256 (98.60)

χ2 = 2268.95*

 Yes

631 (12.95)

571 (1.40)

 

Probable Depression

 No

4454 (91.44)

40,683 (99.65)

χ2 = 2418.02*

 Yes

417 (8.56)

144 (0.35)

 
  1. EMS Emergency Medical Services; * p <  0.001