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. 2009 Sep 17;137(2):280–287. doi: 10.1378/chest.09-1291

Table 3.

—PTSD and Depressive Symptom Burden by Family Medical Care

PTSD Symptoms
Depressive Symptoms
No.(218) %Yes β (SE) P 95% CI No.(222) %Yes β (SE) P 95% CI
Hospitalization, physical problems 216 12.0 2.772 (2.994) .356 −3.129-8.673 222 11.7 1.785 (1.304) .173 −0.786-4.355
Hospitalization, emotional/mental problems 216 1.4 −2.235 (2.647) .400 −7.453-2.984 222 1.4 −3.404 (1.679) .044 −6.713-−0.096
Hospital emergency room visit(s) 215 16.3 3.570 (2.531) .160 −1.420-8.560 221 15.8 0.879 (1.143) .443 −1.374-3.133
Accident/injury 215 20.0 0.506 (2.123) .812 −3.680-4.691 219 20.1 −0.606 (0.882) .493 −2.343-1.132
Pain medication 214 28.0 1.721 (2.034) .398 −2.289-5.731 218 27.5 0.419 (0.807) .604 −1.171-2.009
Medications for emotions/mood 214 18.7 6.319 (2.491) .012 1.410-11.229 218 18.3 3.590 (1.019) .001 1.582-5.599
Outpatient psychologic/counseling visits 185 5.9 7.589 (2.998) .012 1.673-13.504 187 6.4 3.482 (1.622) .033 0.281-6.683
Outpatient neurologist/pain specialist visit(s) 188 8.0 7.561 (4.162) .071 −0.649-15.771 190 7.9 3.178 (1.605) .049 0.011-6.344
Primary care visit(s) 211 86.7 0.619 (2.636) .814 −4.577-5.815 214 86.9 −1.212 (1.216) .320 −3.610-1.185

Associations were based on 18 single-predictor regression models, using a restricted maximum likelihood estimator with standard errors corrected for departure of the outcome from the normal distribution. The P values are based on t tests of the slope. See Table 2 for expansion of abbreviations.