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. 2005 Feb 23;5:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-11

Table 6.

Item characteristics of the PTSD symptom items of the Bosnian PTDS

sex
female male total

Mean Standard Deviation Mean Standard Deviation Mean Standard Deviation

B1 intrusions 1.00 1.12 .76 1.00 .89 1.07
B2 bad dreams .73 1.02 .57 .92 .65 .98
B3 reexperiencing .70 .99 .53 .86 .62 .94
B4 upset after remembering 1.14 1.07 .89 1.01 1.02 1.04
B5 physical reaction after remembering .95 1.09 .62 .92 .79 1.02
C1 attempt not to think about it 1.14 1.16 .83 1.06 .99 1.12
C2 avoiding places people .86 1.13 .65 1.03 .76 1.09
C3 not being able to remember details .40 .80 .33 .74 .36 .77
C4 less interest in activities .66 .96 .51 .89 .59 .93
C5 detachment estrangement .65 1.00 .50 .93 .58 .97
C6 restricted affect .81 1.07 .50 .87 .66 .99
C7 foreshortened future .79 1.08 .58 .95 .69 1.02
D1 difficulty falling or staying asleep .92 1.11 .63 .96 .78 1.05
D2 irritability .70 .94 .55 .88 .62 .92
D3 difficulty concentrating .92 1.02 .68 .92 .80 .98
D4 hypervigilance .55 .88 .40 .77 .48 .83
D5 exaggerated startle response .75 .99 .42 .81 .60 .93
total score on subscale b (reexperiencing) 4.53 4.43 3.36 3.94 3.97 4.24
total score on subscale c (avoidance) 5.32 5.02 3.89 4.79 4.64 4.96
total score on subscale d (arousal) 3.82 3.77 2.67 3.44 3.28 3.66
total score on all symptom subscales 13.66 11.73 9.93 10.84 11.88 11.46

The items were scored on a scale of 0 (not at all or once a month) to 4 (5 or more times a week /almost always).