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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2025 Mar 30;348:116477. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116477

Table 5.

Effects of PTSD and SDoH on Patient-Reported Well-being in the Civilian Population

Base (Mean Rating in Control Group) (A) PTSD Additive Effect (B) Incremental SDoH Effect* (C) Mean Rating in PTSD Population (A+B+C)
Rate Health: Likert Scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent)
Mean 3.12 −0.14 −0.31 2.66
% Contributed to Change −31.2 −68.8
Rate QoL: Likert Scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent)
Mean 3.43 −0.12 −0.34 2.97
% Contributed to Change −36.4 −73.6
Rate Physical Health: Likert Scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent)
Mean 3.01 −0.06 −0.32 2.62
% Contributed to Change −15.5 −84.5
Rate Mental Health: Likert Scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent)
Mean 3.13 −0.20 −0.22 2.71
% Contributed to Change −47.6 −52.4
Rate Social Satisfaction: Likert Scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent)
Mean 3.19 −0.08 −0.33 2.78
% Contributed to Change −20.1 −79.9
Average Pain: Likert Scale of 0 to 10 for increasing level of pain
Mean 4.19 0.33 0.89 5.48
% Contributed to Change 26.7 73.3
Average Fatigue: Likert Scale of 1 (Very Severe) to 5 (None)
Mean 2.55 0.07 0.27 2.89
% Contributed to Change 21.3 78.7
Emotional Problems: Likert Scale of 1 (Always) to 5 (Never)
Mean 2.87 0.19 0.24 3.30
% Contributed to Change −43.8 −56.2

Note: This table shows the sum of SDoH question coefficients from the regressions.

*

Incremental SDoH is based on the differences in SDoH between PTSD and non-PTSD patients. The base visits, by design, is effect by SDoH.