Early outreach to survivors of the shootings in Norway on the 22nd of July 2011

Figures & data

Table 1 The table displays the use of health care services and perceived usefulness of services reported by survivors 4–5 months after the terror attack (n=325)

Provided services	n	%
Psychosocial crisis team (n=320)a	278	86.9
Contact person (n=314)a	263	83.8
General practitioner (n=320)a	200	62.5
Frequencyb
≤3	143	71.5
4–10	52	26.0
≥11	1	0.5
Missing	4	2.0
Perceived usefulnessb
None	26	13.0
Some	88	44.0
Much	81	40.5
Missing	5	2.5
Other municipal help services (n=314)a	207	65.9
Frequencyb
≤3	83	40.1
4–10	81	39.1
≥11	23	11.1
Missing	20	9.7
Perceived usefulnessb
None	29	14.0
Some	86	41.5
Much	86	41.5
Missing	6	2.9
Specialized mental health services (n=320a	234	73.1
Frequencyb
≤3	58	24.8
4–10	115	49.1
≥11	44	18.8
Missing	17	7.3
Perceived usefulnessb
None	24	10.3
Some	77	32.9
Much	119	50.9
Missing	14	6.0
Number of services receivedc (n=325)a
0	0
1	9	2.8
2	34	10.5
3	88	27.1
4	124	38.2
5	69	21.2
Missing	1	0.3

a Number of participants answering the question ranged from 314 to 325 and n is displayed for each question.

b Frequency of services and perceived usefulness reported by survivors receiving these services.

c Includes proactive outreach from psychosocial crisis team, contact person in municipality, general practitioner, other municipal help services, and specialized mental health services (count 0–5).

Table 2 Municipality services provided to receivers and non-receivers of specialized mental health services (n=320)

	Receivers (n=234)		Non-receivers (n=86)
Municipality services	n	%	n	%	χ ^2	df	p
Psychosocial crisis team (n=316)a
Yes=274	194	83.6	80	95.2	χ ^2=7.22	1	0.01
No=42	38	16.4	4	4.8
Contact person (n=310)a
Yes=260	183	81.0	77	91.7	χ ^2=5.2	1	0.01
No=50	43	19.0	7	8.3
General practitioner (n=317)a
Yes=200	154	66.4	46	54.1	χ ^2=4.0	1	0.05
No=117	78	33.6	39	45.9
Other municipal help services (n=312a
Yes=205	140	61.7	65	76.5	χ ^2=6.0	1	0.02
No=107	87	38.3	20	23.5

a 320 participants provided information of receiving specialized mental health services. Number of participants providing information of municipality services ranged from 310 to 317.

Table 3 Characteristics of survivors receiving specialized mental health service compared to those who did not (n=320).

	Receivers (n=234)		Non-receivers (n=86)
Characteristics	n (%)	mean (SD)	n (%)	mean (SD)	t χ ^2	df	p
Age
°M=19.4 (SD=4.6)	19.5	5.1	19.1	2.9	t=0.71	318	0.48
Gender
°Female (n=151)	114	48.7	37	43.0	χ ^2=0.82	1	0.38
°Male (n=169)	120	51.3	49	57.0
Norwegian origin
°Yes (n=281)	202	86.3	79	91.9	χ ^2=1.80	1	0.25
°No (n=39)	32	13.7	7	8.1
Sum of exposure
°M=9.5 (SD=2.2)	9.6	2.3	9.0	1.9	t=2.23	318	0.03
Loss (close friend, partner, family)a
°Yes (n=238)	180	77.3	58	69.0	χ ^2=2.22	1	0.14
°No (n=79)	53	22.7	26	31.0
Hospitalized
°Yes (n=30)	25	10.7	5	5.8	χ ^2=1.76	1	0.20
°No (290)	209	89.3	81	94.2
Level of posttraumatic stress reactions
°M=1.6 (SD=0.7)	1.7	0.7	1.3	0.6	t=3.63	318	<0.001
Level of depression/anxiety
°M=2.1 (SD=0.7)	2.2	0.7	1.9	0.7	t=3.22	318	0.001
Level of somatic health problems
°M=1.7 (SD=0.5)	1.8	0.6	1.6	0.4	t=3.39	318	0.001
Sick leaveb
°Yes (n=227)	173	76.2	54	65.1	χ ^2=3.91	1	0.06
°No (n=86)	56	23.8	30	34.9

a n=317 due to missing data.

b n=313 due to missing data.