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Table 2 Kind of key events and time to self-perceived full recovery among second victims

From: Prevalence of second victims, risk factors and support strategies among young German physicians in internal medicine (SeViD-I survey)

Type of key incident

Number (n = 310)

%

 

Event with patient harm

106

34

Near miss

41

13

Unexpected death/ suicide of a patient

108

35

Unexpected death/ suicide of a colleague

5

2

Aggressive patient or relatives

45

15

Other types

5

2

Self-perceived time to full recovery after key incident

Number (n = 287)

%

 

Less than 1 day

13

6

Within 1 week

94

33

Within 1 month

99

35

Within 1 year

47

16

More than 1 year

9

3

Never

25

9