Table 5 Anxiety experienced by participants during and following the 2019/20 Australian landscape fires and the psychological impact
From: The impact of prolonged landscape fire smoke exposure on women with asthma in Australia
Variables | Pregnant women (n = 81) | Breastfeeding women (n = 70) | Non-pregnant and non-breastfeeding women (n = 232) |
|---|---|---|---|
Value | Value | Value | |
Anxiety score (STAI-6) during landscape fire period, n (%) | |||
 Low anxiety (20–39) | 21 (25.9) | 8 (11.4) | 25 (10.8) |
 Moderate anxiety (40–59) | 40 (49.4) | 39 (55.7) | 129 (55.6) |
 High Anxiety (60–80) | 20 (24.7) | 23 (32.9) | 78 (33.6) |
Anxiety score (STAI-6) following the landscape fire period, n (%) | |||
 Low anxiety (20–39) | 48 (59.3) | 42 (60.0) | 105 (45.3) |
 Moderate anxiety (40–59) | 26 (32.1) | 23 (32.9) | 107 (46.1) |
 High Anxiety (60–80) | 7 (8.6) | 5 (7.1) | 20 (8.6) |
IES-R median (Q1, Q3) Total sum score (0–88), | 1 (0,6) | 2 (0,7) | 2 (0,8) |
 Sum Intrusion score (0–32) | 1 (0,2) | 1 (0,3) | 1 (0,3) |
 Sum Avoidance score (0–32) | 0 (0,3) | 1 (0,4) | 1 (0,4) |
 Sum Hyperarousal score (0–24) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,1) | 0 (0,1) |
Total IES-R score, n (%) | |||
 Normal (0–23) | 78 (96.3) | 67 (95.7) | 215 (92.7) |
 Mild (24–32) | 2 (2.5) | 2 (2.9) | 10 (4.3) |
 Moderate (33–36) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.3) |
 Severe psychological impact (> 37) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (1.7) |