Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of EMS personnel, Karachi, Pakistan
Variable | Results (n = 518) |
|---|---|
Job types | |
Doctors | 38 (7.3%) |
Nurses | 205 (39.6%) |
Drivers | 218 (42.1%) |
Technicians | 57 (11.0%) |
Age groups in years | |
≤ 25 | 58 (11.2%) |
26–35 | 352 (68.0%) |
36–45 | 97 (18.7%) |
≥ 46 | 11 (2.1%) |
Marital status | |
Single/Separated | 142 (27.4%) |
Married | 376 (72.6%) |
Living status | |
Alone | 82 (15.8%) |
Family | 436 (84.2%) |
Type of family (n = 436) | |
Extended family | 278 (63.8%) |
Nuclear family | 158 (36.2%) |
Years of experience (Mean ± SD) | 4 ± 1.0 |
Average working hours in a week (Mean ± SD) | 47.2 ± 6.5 |
Years of formal schooling (Mean ± SD) | 13.8 ± 2.9 |
Average household monthly income in PKR | |
10,000–25,000 | 201 (38.8%) |
25,000–50,000 | 212 (40.9%) |
50,000–100,000 | 89 (17.2%) |
100,000–300,000 | 16 (3.1%) |
Substance use problem | 178 (34.3%) |
Type of traumatic event | |
Work related | 278 (53.6%) |
Not work related | 79 (15.2%) |
None specified | 161 (31.0%) |
Coping style (Mean ± SD) | |
Dysfunctional | 17.5 ± 3.3 |
Emotion focused | 24.5 ± 3.9 |
Problem focused | 25.3 ± 3.2 |
Perceived social support (Mean ± SD) | |
Family | 22.6 ± 4.8 |
Friends | 19.9 ± 5.1 |
Significant others | 19.7 ± 7.3 |
Family history of mental health disorder | 86 (16.6%) |
Personal use of medicine to relieve stress | 27 (5.2%) |
Post-traumatic stress disorder (Mean ± SD) | |
IES-R score | 23.9 ± 12.1 |
Anxiety and depression (Mean ± SD) | |
AKUADS score | 15.6 ± 8.2 |