Table 2.
Soldier and partner distress by prior deployment status
| No prior deployment (n = 105) | Prior deployment (n = 111) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | % Positive | Mean | SD | Median | % Positive | Mean | SD | Median | Comparison1 | P |
| Soldier | ||||||||||
| PTSD2 | 1 (n = 1) | 22.75 | 7.90 | 20 | 5 (n = 5) | 25.69 | 10.82 | 22 | 2.19 | 0.029 |
| Depression2 | 4 (n = 4) | 2.83 | 4.49 | 1 | 7 (n = 7) | 2.39 | 3.52 | 1 | −0.33 | 0.746 |
| Alcohol Use3 | Risky: 9 (n = 10) Harmful: 4 (n = 4) |
5.20 | 4.83 | 4 | Risky: 11 (n = 12) Harmful: 8 (n = 8) |
4.63 | 3.71 | 4 | 0.65 | 0.515 |
| Social Impairment3 | 8 (n = 18) | 4.17 | 12.98 | 13 | 15 (n = 6) | 4.34 | 3.52 | 4 | −0.65 | 0.517 |
| Partner PTSD2 | 2 (n = 2) | 27.17 | 9.50 | 26 | 3 (n = 3) | 26.13 | 9.18 | 23 | −0.82 | 0.416 |
| Depression2 | 14 (n = 15) | 4.87 | 4.21 | 4 | 17 (n = 18) | 4.43 | 4.61 | 3 | −1.14 | 0.256 |
| Alcohol Use3 | Risky: 3 (n = 3) Harmful: 1 (n = 1) |
2.66 | 2.37 | 2 | Risky: 4 (n = 4) Harmful: 0 (n = 0) |
2.48 | 2.36 | 2 | 0.53 | 0.596 |
| Social Impairment3 | 10 (n = 11) | 15.52 | 3.07 | 5 | 11 (n = 12) | 5.33 | 3.11 | 5 | 0.52 | 0.604 |
Raw mean and median values are displayed. % Positive = per cent screening positive on each measure.
1 Independent groups t-test comparing continuous scores with df = 214.
2 Reflected inverse transform used for t-test.
3 Square root transform used for t-test.