Table 5.
New York PTSD risk scores for PCPS, psychosocial risk factors and demographic factors
| Predictor variables | (A) PC-PTSDa screen only | (B) PC-PTSD screen+ psychosocial factors | (C) PC-PTSD screen+psychosocial factors+demographics | (D) Psychosocial factors only | (E) Psychosocial factors+ demographics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive PCPS resultsa | 100 | 100 | 100 | – | – |
| PHQ2=1 | – | 22 | 21 | 46 | 44 |
| PHQ2=2 | – | 60 | 62 | 100 | 100 |
| Trauma events=1 | – | −5 | −4 | 0 | 2 |
| Trauma events=2–3 | – | 25 | 26 | 31 | 33 |
| Trauma events=4+ | 26 | 31 | 40 | 45 | |
| Sleep disturbance | – | 46 | 46 | 86 | 81 |
| No regular care or regular physician | – | 21 | 23 | 26 | 24 |
| Not college graduate | – | – | 4 | – | 9 |
| Female | – | – | 12 | – | 13 |
| Nonwhite | – | – | 7 | – | 18 |
| Latino | – | – | 3 | – | 0 |
| Age (years)b | – | – | 0.10×(100−age) | – | 0.25×(100−age) |
| PTSD cutoff score | 100 | 158 | 194 | 152 | 159 |
a
PCPS with three positive items (out of four) equals an NY PTSD Risk Score=100.
b
Age score is calculated as age−100×0.10 or 0.25, respectively, depending on the model used.