Demographic, psychological and symptom indices of male and female paramedics in sample
| n (M:F) | Male | Female | Significance | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age (years) | 147:81 | 40.1±9.2 | 33.0±7.4 | <0.001 |
| Married or common law | 150:81 | 108 (72.0%) | 33 (40.7%) | <0.001 |
| Children | 150:80 | 91 (60.7%) | 16 (20.0%) | <0.001 |
| Years as paramedic | 149:81 | 8.7±2.8 | 5.8±3.2 | <0.001 |
| Level of training | 147:81 | |||
| Level 1 | 52(35.4%) | 45 (55.6%) | ||
| Level 2 | 26 (17.7%) | 16 (19.8%) | ||
| Level 3 | 65 (44.2%) | 20 (24.7%) | ||
| Level 4 | 4 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.005 | |
| Psychological and symptom characteristics | ||||
| Physical symptoms score | 128:74 | 0.3 (0.1–0.6) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | 0.3 |
| No symptoms | 76 (62.3%) | 44 (60.3%) | ||
| One symptom | 21 (17.2%) | 10 (13.7%) | ||
| Two symptoms | 14 (11.5%) | 10 (13.7%) | ||
| Three or more symptoms | 11 (9.0%) | 9 (12.3%) | 0.8 | |
| Depressive symptoms score | 125:74 | 7 (4–10) | 6 (4–11) | 0.8 |
| Above screening cut-off | 33 (26.4%) | 22 (29.7%) | 0.6 | |
| Burnout score | 121:73 | 21.5±11.5 | 22.5±11.6 | 0.6 |
| Above ‘high’ cut-off | 42 (34.7%) | 25 (34.5%) | 0.9 | |
Categorical data are presented as number (%); continuous and parametrically distributed data are presented as mean±SD; continuous and non-parametrically distributed data are presented as median, interquartile range.