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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2011 Jun 16;28(8):686–695. doi: 10.1002/da.20842

Table 3.

PTSD status and prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders, functional impairment, and health

PTSD status
I. PTSD-current
(n = 94)
%
II. PTSD-past
(n =87)
%
III. PTSD-resistant
(n =140)
%
Omnibus test
Pairwise
differencesa
χ2 P
DSM-IV diagnosesb (n = 321)
  Major depressive disorder 58.5 31.0 15.0 48.9 <.001 I > II, III; II > III
  Bipolar disorder 17.0 17.2 14.3 0.5 .79
  Panic disorder 13.8 12.6 3.6 9.1 .01 I, II > III
  Generalized anxiety disorder 9.6 4.6 2.1 6.6 .04 I > III
  Substance-related disorder 4.3 3.4 1.4 1.8 .40
  Any of the above 73.4 43.7 20.7 <.001 I > II, III; II > III
Sheehan disability scale (n = 317)
  Familyc 38.5 19.8 12.1 22.7 <.001 I > II, III
  Socialc 46.7 24.7 12.2 34.6 <.001 I > II, III; II > III
Social adjustment scale
  Problems with partner (n = 109) 26.5 13.3 11.1 3.6 .16
  Problems with children (n = 291) 20.0 4.9 7.3 12.5 .002 I > II, III
At least 7 days work lost 49.5 23.0 23.1 21.0 <.001 I > II, III
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) F P
Health/functioningd (n = 308)
  SF-12 Mental Component Summary 34.2 (9.8) 42.1 (11.4) 48.8 (11.5) 47.7 <.001 I > II, III; II > III
  SF-12 Physical Component Summary 38.0 (11.1) 38.7 (11.5) 37.6 (12.2) 0.3 .77

PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; SF-12, 12-Item Short Form Health Survey.

a

Pairwise differences significant at P <.05 are displayed. Pairwise tests were conducted only when the omnibus test was significant at P <.05 and values for significant comparisons are reported in the results section.

b

Assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I).

c

Impairment was defined as a score ≥7 (marked or extreme impairment).

d

Assessed with the Medical Outcome Study SF-12. Higher scores are more favorable.