Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Associated with VHA Psychotherapy Utilization and Retention among Women Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD

			Any Utilization (N=986)	Retention (n=729)
Variable	n	%	AOR [95% CI]	IRR [95% CI]
Age, years
65+ (ref)	61	6.2%
45–64	510	51.7%	1.03 [0.47, 2.29]	1.41 [0.88, 2.26]
18–44	415	42.1%	2.02 [0.82, 4.95]	1.21 [0.79, 1.87]
Race
White (ref)	642	65.9%
African American/Black	211	21.7%	1.67* [1.13, 2.46]	0.79 [0.61, 1.02]
Other	121	12.4%	1.96* [1.09, 3.54]	0.80 [0.60, 1.07]
Parent/guardian
No (ref)	677	68.7%
Yes	309	31.3%	0.79 [0.55, 1.15]	0.77* [0.60, .98]
Geographic residence
Urban (ref)	597	60.6%
Rural/highly rural	388	39.4%	0.99 [0.72, 1.38]	0.92 [0.86, 1.36]
OEF/OIF
No (ref)	709	71.9%
Yes	277	28.1%	0.88 [0.59, 1.32]	0.79 [0.74, 1.16]
Comorbid psychiatric diagnosis
None (ref)	126	12.8%
1 condition	418	42.1%	1.43 [0.79, 2.58]	1.47* [1.01, 2.12]
2+ conditions	442	45.1%	2.51** [1.49, 4.23]	2.35** [1.57, 3.52]
Comorbid chronic medical conditions
None (ref)	441	44.7%
1+ conditions	545	55.3%	1.10 [0.74, 1.65]	1.11 [0.88, 1.41]

Note. OEF/OIF = Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom; ref = reference group; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; IIR = incidence rate ratio; CI = confidence interval; odds ratios and incidence rate ratios adjusted for all other demographic and clinical characteristics; missing values possible on each variable.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01.