Association between mental health and professional quality of life among advocates for victims of sexual assault: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Participants鈥� demographic data (n鈥�=鈥�250)

听	Mean	SD	Range
Age	56.34	10.7	24鈥�78
Years of experience as an advocator (n鈥�=鈥�237)	8.15	6.9	0鈥�50
听	听	n	%
Gender	听	听	听
鈥僊别苍	听	7	2.8
鈥僕辞尘别苍	听	242	96.8
鈥僌迟丑别谤蝉	听	1	0.4
Qualification	听	听	听
鈥働蝉测肠丑辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟	听	32	12.8
鈥僄测苍别肠辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟	听	1	0.4
鈥僑ocial worker	听	34	13.6
鈥僋耻谤蝉别	听	47	18.8
鈥僌迟丑别谤蝉/none	听	136	54.4
Other Supporting Activities	听	听	听
鈥僑upport for Crime Victims	听	103	41.2
鈥僑upport for IPV	听	93	37.2
鈥僑upport for Suicide Prevention		22	8.8
鈥僑upport for Child Abuse	听	51	20.4
鈥僌迟丑别谤蝉	听	50	20.0
Employment status	听	听	听
鈥僃ull-time employee	听	51	20.4
鈥働art-time, Paid Volunteer	听	192	76.8
鈥僃ree volunteer	听	7	2.8
Hourly rate (n鈥�=鈥�248)	听	听	听
鈥僉ess than 499 JPY	听	24	10.1
鈥�500鈥�999 JPY	听	45	18.1
鈥�1000鈥�1499 JPY	听	104	41.9
鈥僊ore than 1500 JPY	听	58	23.4
鈥僊onthly salary	听	16	6.5
Position in the center	听	听	听
鈥倾诲惫辞肠补迟辞谤	听	214	85.6
鈥僀辞辞谤诲颈苍补迟辞谤	听	22	8.8
鈥侨耻辫别谤惫颈蝉辞谤	听	7	2.8
鈥倾诲尘颈苍颈蝉迟谤补迟辞谤	听	2	0.8
鈥僀lerical worker	听	5	2.0
Personal victim history	听	听	听
鈥僑exual assault history	听	108	43.2
鈥僆PV history	听	88	35.2
鈥僀rime victim history	听	56	22.4
Traumatic Stress Symptoms high risk ^a	听	25	10.0
Psychological Distress high risk ^b	听	69	27.6

a: Traumatic Stress Symptoms was measured by Impact of Event Scale-Revised, with 25 points or more as a high-risk group, b: Psychological distress was measured by the K6, with 5 points or more as a high-risk group
Abbreviations: SD鈥�=鈥塻tandard deviation, IPV鈥�=鈥塱ntimate partner violence

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