Table 2.
Level of PTSS and prevalence of full and partial PTSD for mothers and fathers of survivors and bereaved mothers and fathers as well as comparisons of prevalence of full/partial PTSD between mothers of survivors and bereaved mothers, and between fathers of survivors and bereaved fathers
| Mothers | Fathers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers of survivors | Bereaved mothers | χ 2 | Fathers of survivors | Bereaved fathers | χ 2 | |
| T4 | ||||||
| PTSS, mean (SD) | 36.2 (14.7) | NA | NA | 30.2 (10.2) | NA | NA |
| Full PTSD, n (%) | 30/109 (27.5) | NA | NA | 15/103 (14.6) | NA | NA |
| Partial PTSD, n (%) | 49/109 (45.0) | NA | NA | 33/103 (32.0) | NA | NA |
| T5 | ||||||
| PTSS, mean (SD) | 31.0 (12.4) | 49.1 (8.74) | NA | 26.5 (8.6) | 36.0 (7.6) | NA |
| Full PTSD, n (%) | 16/109 (14.7) | 6/9 (66.7) | 14.81** | 6/101 (5.9) | 2/11 (18.2) | 2.24 |
| Partial PTSD, n (%) | 32/109 (29.4) | 8/9 (88.9) | 13.15** | 16/101 (15.8) | 6/11 (54.5) | 9.41** |
| T6 | ||||||
| PTSS, mean (SD) | 28.7 (12.2) | 41.4 (13.9) | NA | 24.8 (8.9) | 35.2 (11.7) | NA |
| Full PTSD, n (%) | 10/98 (10.2) | 9/18 (50.0) | 17.58*** | 6/94 (6.4) | 5/19 (26.3) | 7.15* |
| Partial PTSD, n (%) | 16/98 (16.3) | 11/18 (61.1) | 17.08*** | 14/94 (14.9) | 8/19 (42.1) | 7.46* |
| T7 | ||||||
| PTSS, mean (SD) | 25.9 (9.9) | 30.2 (13.5) | NA | 22.8 (7.0) | 30.4 (10.1) | NA |
| Full PTSD, n (%) | 7/68 (10.3) | 2/20 (10.0) | 0.01 | 1/64 (1.6) | 3/17 (17.6) | 7.40* |
| Partial PTSD, n (%) | 13/68 (19.1) | 4/20 (20.0) | 0.04 | 5/64 (7.8) | 6/17 (35.3) | 8.64** |
PTSS, posttraumatic stress symptoms; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; SD, standard deviation; NA, not applicable.
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.01;
***
p < .0001 Statistical significant difference by chi‐square tests.