Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 528 MVA patients
| Variables | Category | P-PTSDa | N-PPTSDb | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Age | <30 | 92 (57.14) | 175 (47.68) | *0.02 |
| ≥30 | 69 (42.86) | 192 (52.32) | ||
| Sex | Male | 94 (58.39) | 292 (79.56) | *<0.001 |
| Female | 67 (41.61) | 75 (20.44) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 100 (62.11) | 217 (59.13) | **0.49 |
| Single | 52 (32.30) | 129 (35.15) | ||
| Divorced | 3 (1.86) | 9 (2.54) | ||
| Widowed | 6 (3.73) | 8 (2.18) | ||
| Separated | 0 (0.00) | 4 (1.09) | ||
| Education | Illiterate | 9 (5.59) | 14 (3.81) | **<0.001 |
| Primary | 18 (11.18) | 82 (22.34) | ||
| Secondary | 31 (19.25) | 91 (24.80) | ||
| High school | 71 (44.10) | 145 (39.51) | ||
| University | 32 (19.88) | 35 (9.54) | ||
| Work Status | Employed | 20 (12.42) | 46 (12.53) | **<0.001 |
| Self-employed | 51 (31.68) | 157 (42.78) | ||
| Housewife | 39 (24.22) | 44 (11.99) | ||
| Jobless/Farmer/Worker | 41 (25.47) | 104 (28.34) | ||
| University Student | 9 (5.59) | 11 (3.00) | ||
| Student | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.27) | ||
| Soldiers | 1 (0.62) | 4 (1.09) | ||
| Economic status | Poor | 74 (46.54) | 178 (48.77) | **0.70 |
| Moderate | 75 (47.17) | 161 (44.11) | ||
| Good | 10 (6.29) | 24 (6.58) | ||
| Very good | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.55) | ||
| Prior disability | Yes | 13 (8.07) | 40 (10.90) | *0.32 |
| No | 148 (91.93) | 327 (89.10) | ||
| Prior serious MVA | 1 | 36 (22.36) | 113 (30.79) | **0.22 |
| 0 | 110 (68.32) | 224 (61.04) | ||
| 2 | 6 (3.73) | 15 (4.09) | ||
| >2 | 9 (5.59) | 15 (4.09) | ||
| Prior serious Trauma | Yes | 25 (15.53) | 64 (17.44) | *0.58 |
| No | 136 (84.47) | 303 (82.56) | ||
| Physical Chronic Disease | Yes | 38 (23.60) | 85 (23.16) | *0.91 |
| No | 123 (76.40) | 282 (76.84) | ||
| Current depression | Normal | 76 (47.20) | 62 (16.89) | **<0.001 |
| Depress | 85 (52.80) | 305 (83.11) |
*
Chi-square test
**
Fisher exact test
a
P-PTSD: Probable post-traumatic stress disorder
b
N-PPTSD: non-probable post-traumatic stress disorder