Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, family psychiatric history, and PTSD status among trauma-exposed patients (N= 321)
| PTSD status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. PTSD-current (n = 94) % |
II. PTSD-PTSD-past (n = 87) % |
III. PTSD-resistant (n = 140) % |
Omnibus test |
Pairwise differencesa |
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| χ2 | P | |||||
| Ageb | .65 | .72 | – | |||
| 18–54 (n = 140) | 47.8 | 44.2 | 50.0 | |||
| 55–70 (n = 153) | 52.2 | 55.8 | 50.0 | |||
| Gender | 18.72 | <.001 | I, II > III | |||
| Male (n = 79) | 14.9 | 16.1 | 36.4 | |||
| Female (n = 242) | 85.1 | 83.9 | 63.6 | |||
| Ethnicity | 2.30 | .32 | – | |||
| Hispanic (n = 273) | 89.4 | 85.1 | 82.1 | |||
| Non-Hispanic (n = 48) | 10.6 | 14.9 | 17.9 | |||
| Marital status | .03 | .99 | – | |||
| Married/cohabiting (n = 94) | 28.7 | 29.9 | 29.3 | |||
| Separated/divorced/widowed/never married (n = 227) | 71.3 | 70.1 | 70.7 | |||
| Education | 2.26 | .32 | – | |||
| High school grad (n = 135) | 36.6 | 41.4 | 46.4 | |||
| Not high school grad (n = 185) | 63.4 | 58.6 | 53.6 | |||
| Annual household income | 1.48 | .48 | – | |||
| <$ 12,000 (n = 232) | 75.3 | 77.6 | 70.6 | |||
| >12,000 (n = 82) | 24.7 | 22.4 | 29.4 | |||
| Gainfully employed | 2.25 | .33 | – | |||
| Yes (n = 107) | 27.7 | 37.9 | 34.3 | |||
| No (n = 214) | 72.3 | 62.1 | 65.7 | |||
| Has children | 1.33 | .51 | – | |||
| Yes (n = 291) | 91.4 | 94.3 | 89.9 | |||
| No (n = 27) | 8.6 | 5.7 | 10.1 | |||
| Has spouse/partner | .45 | .80 | – | |||
| Yes (n = 109) | 36.6 | 34.9 | 32.4 | |||
| No (n = 209) | 63.4 | 65.1 | 67.6 | |||
PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.
a
Pairwise differences significant at P<.05 are displayed. Pairwise tests were conducted only when the omnibus test was significant at P <.05.
b
Mean age (N = 321): 55.89, SD = 10.60, Range: 24–82. Current: Mean age: 54.17, Range: 24–71. Past: Mean age: 56.54, Range: 29–82. Resistant: Mean age: 56.64, Range: 28–75.