Table 1.
Comparison of the two trauma samples.
| Explosion study | Stabbing incident | |||||
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| PTSD prevalence | 6.9% | 20.0% | 14.2%* | 1.8% | 14.2% | 9.5%*** |
| HTQ total | 48.03 (12.55) | 54.55 (17.63) | 51.56 (15.80)* | 46.17 (9.61) | 57.16 (16.08) | 52.96 (14.93)*** |
| HTQ re-experiencing | 6.64 (2.17) | 7.64 (2.69) | 7.19 (2.64)** | 7.64 (2.37) | 10.08 (3.57) | 9.15 (3.38)*** |
| HTQ avoidance | 10.21 (3.08) | 11.37 (4.41) | 10.86 (3.91) | 9.97 (2.77) | 11.96 (3.63) | 11.20 (3.46)*** |
| HTQ arousal | 8.88 (3.46) | 10.89 (3.81) | 9.99 (3.79)*** | 7.97 (2.94) | 10.24 (3.82) | 9.38 (3.68)*** |
| Age | 50.75 (15.30) | 49.68 (14.05) | 50.20 (14.67) | 17.93 (0.98) | 18.02 (1.09) | 17.99 (1.05) |
| Previous trauma | 1.65 (1.41) | 1.52 (1.29) | 1.58 (1.35) | 1.66 (1.53) | 1.54 (1.50) | 1.58 (1.51) |
| CSS total | 38.27 (5.93) | 39.45 (5.93) | 38.87 (5.95)* | 40.50 (5.18) | 40.00 (6.03) | 40.19 (5.73) |
| CSS 1 | 5.94 (1.23) | 6.20 (1.08) | 6.07 (1.16)* | 6.42 (0.98) | 1.07 (0.76) | 1.04 (0.06) |
| CSS 2 | 5.18 (1.36) | 5.33 (1.36) | 5.26 (1.36) | 5.51 (1.42) | 5.83 (1.45) | 5.71 (1.45) |
| CSS 3 | 5.71 (1.30) | 6.02 (1.20) | 5.87 (1.26)** | 5.38 (1.45) | 5.21 (1.49) | 5.28 (1.48) |
| CSS 4 | 5.90 (1.21) | 5.86 (1.11) | 5.88 (1.16) | 6.46 (0.81) | 6.26 (1.14) | 6.34 (1.03) |
| CSS 5 | 4.68 (1.85) | 5.06 (1.92) | 4.88 (1.89)* | 4.03 (2.22) | 4.52 (2.01) | 4.34 (2.10) |
| CSS 6 | 2.39 (1.62) | 2.62 (1.81) | 2.51 (1.72) | 1.69 (1.37) | 2.21 (1.60) | 2.02 (1.54)** |
| CSS 7 | 5.19 (1.66) | 5.59 (1.53) | 5.39 (1.61)** | 6.19 (1.06) | 6.07 (1.10) | 6.11 (1.09) |
| GHQ anxiety | 15.69 (4.73) | 17.33 (5.34) | 16.52 (5.11)*** | - | - | - |
| GHQ depression | 7.58 (2.16) | 8.02 (2.64) | 7.80 (2.43)* | - | - | - |
| TSC NA | 12.50 (2.77) | 14.53 (4.35) | 13.53 (3.79)*** | 13.06 (3.23) | 15.55 (4.12) | 14.6 (3.99)*** |
| TSC dissociation | 5.84 (1.45) | 6.26 (1.66) | 6.05 (1.57)** | 6.06 (1.36) | 6.81 (2.17) | 6.53 (1.94)*** |
Means and standard deviations (SD) for the two studies for men, women, and total sample are shown
* p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001.
CSS, Crisis Support Scale (items include: 1, perceived ability for someone listening; 2, contact with people in a similar situation; 3, the ability to express oneself; 4, received sympathy and support; 5, practical support; 6, the experience of being let down; 7, general satisfaction with social support); GHQ-30, 30-question General Health Questionnaire; HTQ, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire part IV; NA, negative affectivity; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; TSC, 26-item Trauma Symptom Checklist (only the subscales for NA and dissociation were used in this study).