Table 1.
Symptoms, traumatization category, sociodemographic items, and education levels of HE-PTSD and PTSD patients (significance set at <0.05)
| Parameters | HE-PTSD group ( n = 80) | PTSD group ( n = 40) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age [years] | 76.2 ± 6.5 | 46.9 ± 10.4 | <0.001 |
| Sex [female/male] | 47 (58.8%)/33 (41.3%) | 14 (35.0%)/26 (65%) | 0.020 |
| Traumatization category | |||
| Victim only | 0 | 34 | |
| Witness only | 0 | 5 | |
| Victim and witness | 80 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Quality of intrusive memories | |||
| Visual | 52 | 38 | |
| Acoustic | 5 | 0 | |
| Visual and acoustic | 23 | 0 | |
| Other (e.g., olfactory) | 0 | 2 | <0.001 |
| Symptom intensity | |||
| >2/day | 47 | 31 | |
| >2/week | 26 | 8 | |
| >2/month | 7 | 1 | 0.039 |
| School education level | |||
| Basic primary school | 37 | 31 | |
| Secondary modern school | |||
| Junior high school | 33 | 5 | |
| University-entrance diploma | 10 | 4 | 0.002 |
| Professional qualification | |||
| Labor | 40 | 36 | |
| Mid-level administration | 5 | 1 | |
| Administration | 35 | 3 | <0.001 |
| Years in job | |||
| [Mean ± SD] | 19.64 ± 19.57 | 23.83 ± 9.84 | 0.273 |