Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and symptom severity with regard to PTSD, anxiety and depression for the total sample and the five linguistic groups.
| Total sample | Indo-Iranian | Niger-Congo | Semitic | South Slavic | Germanic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample size | 1256 | 262 | 134 | 288 | 199 | 373 |
| Sample size for HTQ | 1247 | 259 | 132 | 286 | 197 | 373 |
| Sample size for HSCL-25 | 756 | 218 | 123 | 257 | 158 | N.A. |
| Gender: n (%) males | 896 (71%) | 200 (76%) | 77 (58%) | 227 (79%) | 131 (66%) | 261 (70%) |
| Mean age (SD) | 43.3 (11.0) | 42.4 (11.0) | 30.9 (7.9) | 42.2 (9.6) | 45.5 (9.0) | 48.1 (10.0) |
| Mean PTSD symptom severity (SD) | 2.9 (.6) | 3.0 (.6) | 3.0 (.6) | 3.1 (.5) | 3.1 (.5) | 2.5 (.7) |
| N (%) symptomatic for PTSD | 913 (74%) | 207 (81%) | 102 (78%) | 252 (89%) | 168 (86%) | 184 (49%) |
| Mean (SD) symptom severity anxiety | 2.9 (.7)a | 2.8 (.7) | 2.9 (.7) | 3.0 (.6) | 3.0 (.6) | N.A. |
| N (%) symptomatic for anxiety disorder | 713 (94%)a | 200 (92%) | 117 (95%) | 243 (95%) | 151 (97%) | N.A. |
| Mean (SD) symptom severity depression | 2.9 (.6)a | 2.9 (.6) | 3.0 (.6) | 3.0 (.6) | 2.9 (.6) | N.A. |
| N (%) symptomatic for depressive disorder | 721 (96%)a | 206 (96%) | 117 (95%) | 249 (98%) | 147 (95%) | N.A. |
aSolely based on the linguistic groups of Indo-Iranian, Niger-Congo, Semitic, and South Slavic languages because the HSCL-25 was not administered to participants in the linguistic group of Germanic languages; N.A. = Not available.