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. 2016 Aug 8;71(1):98–104. doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206980

Table 1.

Included study demographic characteristics

Study n Age (years) Follow-up Country Female (%) Population
Minimum Maximum Mean SD Data collection waves Length (weeks)
Psychometrically driven
 Donohoe et al11 33 13 14 3 12 Scotland 24.2 Secondary school children
 Fortney et al12 30 40.5 10.1 4 36 USA 60.0 Primary care clinicians
 Ritchie et al13 73 12 18 3 52 Canada First Nation youth
 Songprakun and McCann14 56 18 58 42.1 9.7 3 12 Thailand 73.2 Psychiatric outpatients
Definition-driven
 Boe et al15 70 34.7 9.3 4 1274 Norway 0.0 Disaster survivors
 Bonanno et al16 185 65 72 6.5 3 72 USA Bereaved spouses
 Bonanno et al17 185 65 72 6.5 3 72 USA Bereaved spouses
 Ho et al18 76 21 66 38.9 9.2 4 52 China Hereditary gastrointestinal cancer registry
 Jaffee19 2065 8 16 10.96 4.54 3 144 54.0 Maltreated children
 Mlinac et al20 470 79.9 5.8 4 192 USA 74.9 Community-dwelling older adults
 Netuveli et al21 3581 50 3 Varied UK 57.2 Community-dwelling older adults
 Solomon et al22 64 3 1820 Israel Veterans; ex-POWs
 Werner4 49 4 936 USA Offspring of alcoholics
Data-driven
 Bonanno and Mancini23 24 997 42 14 3 52 China 61.0 SARS epidemic survivors
 Bonanno et al25 233 4 104 Austria, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, UK 21.90 Spinal cord injury
 deRoon-Cassini et al26 330 40.4 15.8 4 24 USA Traumatic injury patients
 Dunn et al27 398 6 24 USA 100.0 Breast cancer surgery patients
 Dunn et al28 252 7 26 USA 53.6 Oncology patients; family caregivers
 Galatzer-Levy et al29 234 21 43 27.42 4.78 4 208 USA 15.4 Police officers
 Galatzer-Levy et al30 234 21 43 27.42 4.78 4 208 USA 15.4 Police officers
 Holgersen et al31 70 4 1404 Norway 0.0 Disaster survivors
 Hou et al32 234 29 82 64.44 10.55 4 52 China 38.0 Colorectal cancer
 Lam et al33 285 50.6 10.1 4 32 China 100.0 Breast cancer patients
 Lam et al34 186 56.2 9.1 4 32 China 100.0 Breast cancer survivors
 Larm et al35 1432 16.5 1.47 4 1300 Sweden 33.8 Clinical substance abuse; general population
 Le Brocque et al36 190 6 16 10.7 2.31 3 24 Australia 37.0 Accident victims
 Murphy and Marelich37 111 6 11 8.5 1.8 4 72 USA 45.9 Children of HIV/AIDS diagnosed mothers
 Norris et al38 39 561 4 72 Mexico Flood victims
1267 4 120 USA
 Nugent et al40 201 7 18 12 3 4 144 USA Children referred to Family Advocacy Program
 Pietrzak et al41 10 835 45.3 9.6 3 416 USA 13.4 9/11 responders
 Saad et al42 398 6 24 USA 100.0 Breast cancer surgery patients
 Self-Brown et al43 426 8 16 11.63 2.26 5 100 USA 51 Hurricane Katrina survivors
 Sterling et al44 155 18 69 36.9 12.8 4 52 Australia 63 Whiplash patients
 Sveen et al45 95 19 89 44.7 15.5 3 52 Sweden 24.2 Burn victims
 Tang et al46 447 48.9 12.6 4 25 Taiwan 67.8 Caregivers of terminal patients
 Zhu et al47 2172 45 65 4 312 USA 67.0 Chronic pain

POW, prisoner of war; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.