Table 2.

Mental health outcomes of respondents to quality of life survey after abdominal wall reconstruction by recurrence of hernia and time from definitive repair (n = 41).

Outcome	Recurrence		p-value	Time Since Repair		p-value
	No n = 31	Yes n = 10		≤ 5 years n = 21	> 5 years n = 20
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder*			0.82			0.58
Yes	7 (23)	2 (20)		5 (24)	2 (10)
No	24 (77)	8 (80)		16 (76)	18 (90)
Depression†						0.18
Yes	19 (61)	7 (70)	0.70	16 (76)	11 (55)
No	12 (39)	3 (30)		5 (24)	9 (45)

^*Scores greater than or equal to 50 on the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Civilian checklist; Results are reported as n (%).

^†Scores greater than or equal to 16 on the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Scale for Depression; Results are reported as n (%)