Table 2.

Social and psychological characteristics of Veterans’ Health Study (N = 700).

Study variables	N (%)	95% confidence interval
High childhood abuse/neglect score
No	567 (81.00)	77.91–83.74
Yes	133 (19.00)	16.26–22.09
Low self-esteem
No	505 (72.14)	68.70–75.35
Yes	195 (27.86)	24.65–31.30
Low psychological resilience
No	551 (78.71)	75.52–81.60
Yes	149 (21.29)	18.40–24.48
High current level of social support
No	155 (22.15)	19.21–25.38
Yes	545 (77.86)	74.62–80.79
High help-seeking support since deployment
No	498 (71.14)	67.67–74.39
Yes	202 (28.86)	25.61–32.33
High social capital
No	245 (35.00)	31.55–38.62
Yes	455 (65.00)	61.38–68.45
High other mental support since deployment
No	597 (85.29)	83.46–87.73
Yes	103 (14.71)	12.27–17.54
Psychotropic medications past year
No	556 (79.43)	76.26–82.27
Yes	144 (20.57)	20.57–23.74
Lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder
No	633 (90.43)	88.01–92.40
Yes	67 (9.57)	7.60–11.99
Lifetime major depressive disorder
No	571 (81.57)	78.52–84.28
Yes	129 (18.43)	15.72–21.48
Lifetime suicide ideation
No	618 (88.29)	85.68–90.47
Yes	82 (11.71)	9.53–14.32
Alcohol misuse (CAGE Scale)
No	613 (87.57)	84.91–89.82
Yes	87 (12.43)	10.18–15.09
Lifetime Mental Health Service Use
No	349 (50.00)	46.15–53.56
Yes	351 (50.00)	46.44–53.85
Lifetime Veterans Affairs service use
No	346 (49.43)	45.73–53.14
Yes	354 (50.57)	46.86–54.27