Table 3. Clinical characteristics of college students with PTSD in Northeastern Brazil.
Clinical Variables | Total N (%) | Without PTSD N (%) | With PTSD N (%) | |
PTSD | 2213 (100) | 1903 (86) | 310 (14) | |
Attempted Suicide | 167 (7.6) | 102 (5.4) | 65 (21.1) | |
Alcohol Use | Sporadic use | 999 (50) | 849 (49.2) | 150 (55.4) |
Weekly use | 282 (14.2) | 241 (14.1) | 41 (15.1) | |
Daily use | 9 (0.5) | 8 (0.5) | 1 (0.4) | |
Cigarette Use | Sporadic use | 175 (8) | 143 (7.6) | 32 (10.6) |
Weekly use | 28 (1.3) | 22 (1.2) | 6 (2) | |
Daily use | 47 (2.2) | 35 (1.9) | 12 (4) | |
Marijuana Use | Sporadic use | 93 (4.2) | 76 (4) | 17 (5.5) |
Weekly use | 9 (0.4) | 9 (0.5) | 0 (0) | |
Daily use | 10 (0.5) | 7 (0.4) | 3 (1) | |
Ecstasy Use | Sporadic use | 29 (1.3) | 25 (1.3) | 4 (1.3) |
Weekly use | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Daily use | 1 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | |
Cocaine Use | Sporadic use | 41 (1.9) | 32 (1.7) | 9 (2.9) |
Weekly use | 5 (0.2) | 4 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | |
Daily use | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0) | |
Crack Use | Sporadic use | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0) |
Weekly use | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Daily use | 1 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | |
Condom non-use | (non-stable partners) | 363 (16.7) | 283 (15.1) | 80 (26.1) |
BIS 11 | Less impulsive | 722 (32.6) | 661 (34.7) | 61 (19.7) |
Averagely impulsive | 704 (31.8) | 629 (33.1) | 75 (24.2) | |
More impulsive | 787 (35.6) | 613 (32.2) | 174 (56.1) |
PTSD: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.