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

Table 5.

—PTSD and Depressive Symptom Burden by Services Families Would Have Found Helpful

PTSD Symptoms
Depressive Symptoms
Potentially Helpful Services No.(218) %Yes β (SE) P 95% CI No.(222) %Yes β (SE) P 95% CI
Counselor or psychologist 211 32.2 7.661 (1.906) < .001 3.904-11.418 214 31.8 2.469 (0.827) .003 0.838-4.099
Place to be alone 211 33.2 2.725 (1.860) .144 −0.941-6.392 214 34.1 0.459 (0.741) .536 −1.001-1.920
Help with financial problems 211 9.5 6.494 (3.306) .051 −0.023-13.011 214 8.9 2.259 (1.443) .119 −0.585-5.104
Support group 211 16.1 2.968 (2.427) .223 −1.816-7.752 214 15.0 1.871 (1.099) .090 −0.296-4.038
24-h access to patient 211 42.7 1.162 (1.696) .494 −2.182-4.506 214 42.1 0.471 (0.730) .519 −0.967-1.910
Information about spiritual care services 211 15.2 5.719 (2.510) .024 0.770-10.668 214 14.5 2.394 (1.092) .029 −0.241-4.546

Associations were based on 12 single-predictor regression models, using a restricted maximum likelihood estimator with SEs 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.