Table 2.
Admission (ADM) to discharge (DC), DC to 6-month follow-up (FU), and ADM to FU descriptive statistics (mean (M), standard deviation (SD), effect sizes (Cohen’s d) and confidence intervals (CI) by provisional PTSD status
| Symptom | Group | ADM, M(SD) | DC, M(SD) | FU, M(SD) | ADM-DC | DC-FU | ADM-FU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d (CI) | N | d (CI) | n | d (CI) | n | |||||
| EDEQ global | PTSD + | 4.42 (1.22)a | 2.71 (1.42)b | 3.08 (1.74)c | 1.32 (1.14, 1.50)d | 222 | − 0.18 (− 0.38, 0.02) | 96 | 0.90 (0.69, 1.12)f | 115 |
| PTSD − | 3.48 (1.53) | 2.00 (1.27) | 2.34 (1.55) | 1.12 (0.97, 1.26)d | 307 | − 0.05 (− 0.22, 0.10) | 142 | 0.80 (0.62, 0.97)f | 164 | |
| EDI-2 total score | PTSD + | 123.08 (38.40)a | 88.55 (43.00)b | 92.99 (50.16)c | 0.91 (0.75, 1.06)d | 214 | 0.00 (− 0.20, 0.20) | 92 | 0.74 (0.53, 0.95)f | 110 |
| PTSD − | 87.03 (39.76) | 61.14 (36.62) | 66.32 (41.86) | 0.76 (0.63, 0.88)d | 298 | 0.02 (− 0.14, 0.18) | 137 | 0.63 (0.45, 0.79)f | 159 | |
| EDQOL total score | PTSD + | 2.37 (0.57)a | 1.71 (0.77)b | 1.64 (0.86)c | 0.90 (0.74, 1.05)d | 216 | 0.10 (− 0.10, 0.30) | 90 | 0.83 (0.61, 1.05)f | 108 |
| PTSD − | 1.87 (0.63) | 1.25 (0.72) | 1.20 (0.81) | 0.92 (0.78, 1.06)d | 293 | 0.16 (− 0.01, 0.33) | 133 | 0.74 (0.56, 0.91)f | 156 | |
| PCL-5 | PTSD + | 52.72 (11.38)a | 37.34 (18.65)b | 40.24 (21.02)c | 0.88 (0.72, 1.03)d | 220 | − 0.09 (− .030, 0.10) | 91 | 0.68 (0.47, 0.89)f | 109 |
| PTSD − | 19.89 (12.97) | 15.46 (14.08) | 15.83 (15.21) | 0.32 (0.20, 0.44)d | 295 | 0.01 (− 0.16, 0.18) | 126 | 0.22 (0.06, 0.38)g | 152 | |
| PHQ-9 depression | PTSD + | 19.71 (4.86)a | 11.06 (6.57)b | 13.72 (7.78)c | 1.36 (1.17, 1.54)d | 221 | − 0.30 (− 0.51, − 0.09)e | 93 | 0.79 (0.58, 1.00)f | 111 |
| PTSD − | 14.24 (6.24) | 7.62 (5.52) | 9.60 (7.24) | 1.09 (0.95, 1.24)d | 301 | − 0.24 (− 0.41, − 0.07)e | 134 | 0.61 (0.44, 0.78)f | 159 | |
| STAI state anxiety | PTSD + | 66.29 (9.72)a | 56.27 (14.29)b | 56.68 (16.13)c | 0.80 (0.65, 0.96)d | 217 | − 0.01 (− 0.21, 0.19) | 91 | 0.69 (0.48, 0.89)f | 109 |
| PTSD − | 57.13 (12.05) | 47.52 (13.21) | 48.92 (15.27) | 0.68 (0.55, 0.80)d | 299 | 0.02 (− 0.14, 0.19) | 133 | 0.55 (0.38, 0.72)f | 157 | |
| STAI trait anxiety | PTSD + | 66.45 (8.35)a | 57.58 (12.10)b | 58.38 (14.25)c | 0.81 (0.66, 0.96)d | 217 | − 0.07 (− 0.27, 0.13) | 91 | 0.61 (0.40, 0.81)f | 110 |
| PTSD − | 56.83 (11.42) | 49.54 (12.04) | 51.24 (13.91) | 0.68 (0.56, 0.81)d | 301 | (− 0.14, 0.19) | 133 | 0.43 (0.27, 0.59)f | 157 | |
All statistically significant comparisons are in bold print for emphasis
aIndependent samples t-tests between PTSD + and PTSD- groups at ADM (p ≤ .001)
bIndependent samples t-tests between PTSD + and PTSD- groups at DC (p ≤ .001)
cIndependent samples t-tests between PTSD + and PTSD- groups at FU (p ≤ .001)
dPost-hoc t-tests between ADM and DC following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .001)
ePost-hoc t-tests between DC and FU following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .01)
fPost-hoc t-tests between ADM and FU following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .001)
gPost-hoc t-tests between ADM and FU following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .01)