Table 1
Sociodemographic data and employment conditions stratified for 12-months prevalence of physical violence at work among 141 firefighters working in Guatemala.
| Variable | Categories | Nmissing | Exposure to physical violence at work | pChi2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes1 N = 52 | No1 N = 89 | ||||
| % | % | ||||
| Age | <40 ys | 0 | 44.2 | 50.6 | 0.93 |
| 40–49 ys | 25.0 | 25.8 | |||
| 50+ ys | 30.8 | 23.6 | |||
| Educational Level | Basic or Elementary School | 0 | 21.2 | 29.2 | 0.43 |
| Middle or High School | 61.5 | 50.6 | |||
| University | 17.3 | 20.2 | |||
| Hours worked per week | <40 | 5 | 16.0 | 19.8 | 0.58 |
| ≥40 | 84.2 | 80.2 | |||
| Duration of employment | <5 years | 6 | 13.7 | 17.9 | 0.53 |
| ≥5 years | 86.3 | 82.1 | |||
| Location of fire station in Guatemala | Outside Guatemala Department | 1 | 28.9 | 27.3 | 0.84 |
| Within Guatemala Department | 71.2 | 72.7 | |||
| Number of jobs | One | 0 | 82.7 | 80.9 | 0.79 |
| More than 1 | 17.3 | 19.1 | |||
[i] 1 Exposure to violence defined as 12-month prevalence of exposure to physical violence at work, either by persons belonging or not to the workplace (e.g. patients), and/or sexual harassment.
Table 2
Prevalence of mental distress by sociodemographic factors and employment conditions among 141 firefighters working in Guatemala.
| Variable | Categories | Mental distress (GHQ-12 Score ≥5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nmissing | % | pChi2 | Crude Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) | ||
| Violence at the workplace | No | 1 | 38.6 | 0.09 | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 53.9 | 1.88 (0.89–3.96) | 1.91 (0.87–4.18) | |||
| Age | <40 ys | 1 | 36.8 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 |
| 40–49 ys | 65.7 | 3.30 (1.40–7.75) | 2.90 (1.20–7.05) | |||
| 50+ ys | 37.8 | 1.05 (0.46–2.39) | 0.78 (0.32–1.89) | |||
| Educational level | Basic or elementary school | 1 | 51.4 | 0.51 | – | – |
| Middle or High school | 43.4 | – | – | |||
| University | 37.0 | – | – | |||
| Hours worked per week | <40 | 6 | 44.0 | 0.97 | – | – |
| ≥40 | 43.6 | – | – | |||
| Duration of employment | <5 ys | 1 | 31.8 | 0.16 | – | – |
| ≥5 ys | 48.2 | – | – | |||
| Location of fire station | Outside Guatemala Department | 0 | 47.4 | 0.69 | – | – |
| Within Guatemala Department | 43.6 | – | – | |||
| Number of jobs | One | 0 | 44.7 | 0.82 | – | – |
| More than 1 | 42.3 | – | – | |||
[i] – Variables not considered for the logistic regression models because pChi2 was above 0.10 in the bivariate analyses.