An evaluation of first responders’ intention to refer to post-overdose services following SHIELD training

Table 1 Sample characteristics

Characteristic	Overall, N = 742^a	Fire/EMS, N = 218^a	LEO, N = 524^a	p-values^b
Age (Years) [Mean (SD)]	36.75 (10.86)	37.42 (11.87)	36.46 (10.39)	0.500
Tenure [Mean (SD)]	11.87 (11.04)	13.14 (11.78)	11.25 (10.62)	0.300
Gender [n(%)]				0.032
Men	614 (84%)	168 (79%)	446 (86%)
Women	110 (15%)	42 (20%)	68 (13%)
Other	6 (0.8%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)
Ever witnessed overdose death [n(%)]	458 (63%)	151 (72%)	307 (60%)	0.002
Pretest ITR score [Mean (SD)]	2.30 (0.99)	1.81 (0.72)	2.50 (1.01)	< 0.001
Posttest ITR score [Mean (SD)]	3.90 (0.90)	3.95 (0.82)	3.88 (0.93)	0.600

^aMean (SD); n (%)^b Paired t-tests for age, tenure, pre- and post-test ITR scores; Chi-square tests for gender and ever witnessed overdose death

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