Table 3.

Treatment Characteristics and Treatment Preferences and their Associations 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]
Outpatient MH care outside VHA
No (ref)	853	86.5%
Yes	133	13.5%	1.42 [0.90, 2.26]	0.95 [0.75, 1.20]
Pharmacotherapy for PTSD
No (ref)	260	26.4%
Yes	726	73.6%	0.95 [0.57, 1.60]	1.06 [0.74, 1.52]
Gender-related preferences*
None met (ref)	247	33.1%
Any preference met	396	42.0%	1.03 [0.61, 1.72]	1.69** [1.36, 2.12]
Both provider and setting preferences met	240	25.4%	0.80 [0.49, 1.31]	2.18** [1.66, 2.86]
Group-related preferences
Do not prefer groups (ref)	211	29.0%
Groups acceptable	516	71.0%	1.06 [0.74, 1.53]	2.22** [1.85, 2.67]

Note. *Excludes 44 women with neither preference; PTSD = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; MH = mental health; VHA = Veterans Health Administration; ref = reference group; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; IIR = incidence rate ratio; CI = confidence interval; Odds ratios and rate ratios are adjusted for race, parenting status, comorbid psychiatric diagnoses, and military sexual trauma; odds ratios and incidence rate ratios for non-VA MH care and pharmacotherapy are each adjusted for the other; odds ratios and incidence rate ratios for gender-related preferences and group-related preferences are also each adjusted for the other; missing values possible on each variable.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01