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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Protecting the psychological wellbeing of staff exposed to disaster or emergency at work: a qualitative study

Participant group

Mean age, years (range)

Gender

Mean years in current role (range)

N(%) with experience of traumatic incident

Occupational role or field

Commercial sector

42.0 (21–62)

60% male, 40% female

6.41 (7 months-26 years)

53.3%

Education (n = 3), media (n = 2), admin (n = 2), finance (n = 2), legal (n = 1), victim support (n = 1), fitness (n = 1), customer service (n = 1), engineering (n = 1), business continuity (n = 1)

Healthcare

45.3 (24–63)

20% male, 80% female

8.23 (1.5–29)

33.3%

General practitioner (GP), nurse or consultant: n = 7

Administrative staff at GP surgery: n = 8

Emergency services

44.3 (33–50)

80% male, 20% female

16.35 (2–25)

100%

Police: n = 6

Ambulance: n = 2

Fire: n = 2