Table 1. Overall and demographic-specific prevalence and adjusted odds of those who screened positive for PTSDa and depressionb among shipboard US Navy and Marine Corps service members at deployment onset.
| Characteristics | PTSD | Depression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Screen positive | Total | MDD | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | AORc | n (%) | n (%) | AORd | |
| Total | 2076 (100.0) | 151 (7.3) | 2078 (100.0) | 461 (22.2) | ||
| HCP-diagnosede, n/N (%) | 8/141 (5.7) | 64/436 (14.7) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 1615 (77.8) | 107 (6.6)* | 1.0 | 1623 (78.1) | 313 (19.3)** | 1.0 |
| Female | 461 (22.2) | 44 (9.5) | 1.1 (0.8–1.7) | 455 (21.9) | 148 (32.5) | 1.6 (1.3–2.1) |
| Age, years | ||||||
| 17–19 | 99 (4.8) | 10 (10.1) | 2.7 (0.7–10.1) | 101 (4.9) | 29 (28.7) ** | 2.2 (1.0–5.2) |
| 20–24 | 938 (45.2) | 74 (7.9) | 1.7 (0.6–5.1) | 938 (45.1) | 229 (24.4) | 1.5 (0.8–3.0) |
| 25–29 | 488 (23.5) | 38 (7.8) | 1.5 (0.5–4.3) | 494 (23.8) | 111 (22.5) | 1.4 (0.7–2.7) |
| 30–39 | 442 (21.3) | 24 (5.4) | 0.9 (0.3–2.7) | 438 (21.1) | 78 (17.8) | 1.2 (0.6–2.2) |
| ≥40 | 109 (5.3) | 5 (4.6) | 1.0 | 107 (5.2) | 14 (13.1) | 1.0 |
| Service branch | ||||||
| Navy | 1766 (85.5) | 140 (7.9)** | 2.8 (1.4–5.7) | 1766 (85.4) | 416 (23.6)** | 1.9 (1.3–2.8) |
| Marine Corps | 300 (14.5) | 11 (3.7) | 1.0 | 301 (14.6) | 44 (14.6) | 1.0 |
| Military rank | ||||||
| E1–E3 | 695 (33.7) | 60 (8.6)* | 2.1 (0.9–4.9) | 698 (33.8) | 176 (25.2)** | 1.5 (0.9–2.4) |
| E4–E6 | 1114 (54.0) | 81 (7.3) | 1.6 (0.7–3.6) | 1115 (53.9) | 248 (22.2) | 1.4 (0.9–2.2) |
| E7–E9, W1–W5, O1–O9 | 256 (12.4) | 10 (3.9) | 1.0 | 255 (12.3) | 37 (14.5) | 1.0 |
| Number of deploymentsf | ||||||
| 0 | 454 (22.6) | 30 (6.6) | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 454 (22.6) | 118 (26.0)* | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) |
| 1 | 662 (32.9) | 51 (7.7) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 669 (33.3) | 162 (24.2) | 1.0 (0.8–1.4) |
| ≥2 | 894 (44.5) | 64 (7.2) | 1.0 | 889 (44.2) | 170 (19.1) | 1.0 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1102 (53.9) | 56 (5.1)** | 1.0 | 1106 (54.0) | 211 (19.1) | 1.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 253 (12.4) | 26 (10.3) | 2.0 (1.2–3.3) | 253 (12.4) | 67 (26.5) | 1.3 (0.9–1.8) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 303 (14.8) | 30 (9.9) | 1.7 (1.1–2.9) | 300 (14.7) | 78 (26.0) | 1.4 (1.0–1.9) |
| ≥2 race/ethnicities | 153 (7.5) | 23 (15.0) | 3.0 (1.7–5.1) | 154 (7.5) | 56 (36.4) | 2.1 (1.4–3.0) |
| Other | 232 (11.4) | 15 (6.5) | 1.2 (0.7–2.3) | 235 (11.5) | 44 (18.7) | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single, never married, uncommitted | 622 (30.0) | 36 (5.8)* | 0.7 (0.5–1.2) | 617 (29.7) | 136 (22.0)* | 0.9 (0.7–1.3) |
| Single, in committed relationship | 361 (17.4) | 34 (9.4) | 1.2 (0.7–2.0) | 366 (17.6) | 99 (27.1) | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) |
| Single, living with partner | 98 (4.7) | 6 (6.1) | 1.0 (0.4–2.4) | 98 (4.7) | 24 (24.5) | 1.2 (0.7–2.1) |
| Married | 850 (41.0) | 58 (6.8) | 1.0 | 856 (41.2) | 166 (19.4) | 1.0 |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 143 (6.9) | 17 (11.9) | 1.8 (1.0–3.3) | 139 (6.7) | 35 (25.2) | 1.3 (0.8–2.0) |
PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder, MDD, major depressive disorder.
Based on a PTSD Checklist–Civilian Version score of ≥ 50 and symptom criteria, past month.
Based on a Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of ≥ 22 (MDD), past week.
Multivariable regression modeled probability of screening positive for PTSD, n = 1981.
Multivariable regression modeled probability of screening positive for MDD, n = 1986.
Proportion of individuals who reported a diagnosis of depression and/or PTSD by a doctor or healthcare professional (HCP) in the past 12 months among those at risk for MDD and/or PTSD.
Number of official deployments completed.
P≤0.05;
P≤0.01; for adjusted odds ratios shown in bold, for PTSD model overall P-values: service branch, 0.0037; race/ethnicity, 0.0006; for MDD model overall P-values are: gender, 0.0003; service branch, 0.0008; race/ethnicity, 0.0010.