Table 3.

Treatment Effects for Men, Women, and Women With Elevated PTSD Scores at Baseline (≥20)

	A: Women only				B: Men only				C: Women with elevated PTSD scores
Outcome	Group coefficient	t ratio	df	p	Group coefficient	t ratio	df	p	Group coefficient	t ratio	df	p
PTSD total scorea	−1.94	−2.43	92	.017	0.57	0.75	144	.454	−4.58	−3.58	44	.001
Avoidance	−1.00	−2.71	92	.009	0.29	0.89	144	.376	−1.88	−3.03	44	.004
Intrusion	−0.53	−1.83	92	.070	−0.04	−0.16	144	.876	−1.40	−2.96	44	.005
Hyperarousal	−0.45	−1.29	92	.202	0.38	1.23	144	.222	−1.31	−2.28	44	.028
HAM–D	−0.73	−2.70	90	.009	0.55	2.29	141	.024	−1.34	−2.98	41	.005
HIV symptoms	−0.04	−2.33	93	.022	−0.03	−0.28	144	.782	−0.07	−2.66	44	.011

Note. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to report coefficients and significance tests associated with treatment effects (random group assignment). PTSDTOT = Davidson PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) Scale; HAM–D = Hamilton Depression Scale; HIV symptoms = HIV symptom checklist.

^aNs for HLM PTSDTOT are women N = 95, men N = 147, and women with elevated PTSD ≥20 at baseline N = 47. These numbers differ slightly from the consort statement because one woman in the trauma-writing group and one man in the daily-writing group were missing baseline PTSDTOT scores.