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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2009 Jun 9;31(6):505–514. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.003

Table 5.

Effects of Non-Child Abuse Trauma Exposure on Post-Traumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms

Level of
Non-Child
Abuse
Trauma#
N Mean PTSD
Symptom
Scale Score
95%
confidence
intervals
N Mean Beck
Depression
Inventory
Score
95%
confidence
intervals
None 229 4.3 3.3-5.3 245 8.7 7.3-10.0
1 Type 154 6.6 5.2-8.1 154 10.4 8.8-12.1
2-3 Types 374 11.3 10.2-12.5 358 13.5 12.3-14.7
≥ 4 Types 342 17.4 16.0-18.7 326 17.7 16.3-19.1

Table 5 presents mean PSS and BDI scores and their 95% confidence intervals as a function of level of non-child abuse trauma exposure.