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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2023 Jan 19;35(5):383–395. doi: 10.1037/pas0001215

Table 2.

CAPS-5 Summary

Total (n = 43) PTSD (n = 21)a Possible Range of Scores
M SD M SD
Criterion A (n, %)
 Yes 42 95.5 20 95.2
 Probable 2 4.5 1 4.8
Criterion B (Items 1–5)
 Severity 4.44 2.71 5.90 2.36 0–20
 Symptom 1.81 1.33 2.52 1.03 0–5
Criterion C (Items 6–7)
 Severity 2.67 2.1 3.76 1.58 0–8
 Symptom 1.07 0.77 1.57 0.51 0–2
Criterion D (Items 8–14)
 Severity 5.72 3.83 8.1 2.47 0–28
 Symptom 2.21 1.67 3.33 1.11 0–7
Criterion E (Items 15–20)
 Severity 4.37 2.57 5.95 1.94 0–24
 Symptom 1.7 1.06 2.43 0.68 0–6
Criterion B-E
 Total Severity 17.21 8.79 23.71 4.95 0–80
 Total Symptom 6.79 3.82 9.86 1.98 0–20
Criterion G
 Subjective Distress 2.7 0.71 3 0.55 0–4
 Social Functioning 2.49 1.06 3 0.95 0–4
 Occupational or other area 2.14 1.01 2.62 0.87 0–4
Global Validity 1.67 0.87 1.67 0.80 0–4
Global Severity 2.65 0.75 3.1 0.54 0–4
Dissociative Symptoms
 Severity 0.51 1.03 0.57 1.12 0–10
 Symptom 0.16 0.43 0.24 0.54 0–2
PTSD diagnosis specifiers (n, %)
 With dissociative symptoms 4 19.0
 With delayed onset (≥6 months) 3 14.3

Note. CAPS-5, Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for the DSM-5; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.

a

CAPS-5 scoring data from one participant was excluded.