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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2017 Jul 26;30(4):389–398. doi: 10.1002/jts.22211

Table 1.

Included Studies and Outcome Measures (Combined Sexes)

Study Outcome Sample
recruitment
PTSD
measure
Trauma
assessment
N %AA % F OR 95% CI

General Child
Almli et al., 2013 Current PTSD severity Outpatient clinic-baseda PSS TEId CTQ 1,163 100.0 73.8 0.84 [0.28, 2.48]
Chang et al., 2012 Current PTSD diagnosis Population-based Structured interviewc Othere CTQ 2,528 0 100.0 0.94 [0.64, 1.39]
Lowe et al., 2015 Current PTSD severity Outpatient clinic-baseda PSS TEI NA 1,361 94.1 100.0 2.10 [1.04, 4.24]
Ressler et al., 2011a Current PTSD diagnosis Outpatient clinic-baseda PSS TEI CTQ 798 92.3 63.0 1.43 [1.14, 1.80]
Ressler et al., 2011b Current PTSD diagnosis Outpatient clinic-baseda PSS TEI CTQ 439 92.4 59.2 1.20 [0.89, 1.63]
Rothbaum et al., 2014 Current PTSD severity Outpatient clinic-baseda PSS TEI CTQ 34 82.4 61.5 2.45 [0.57, 10.53]
Solovieff et al., 2014 Lifetime PTSD diagnosis Population-based Structured interviewc Other NA 2,538 0 100.0 0.96 [0.85, 1.08]
Stevens et al., 2014 Current PTSD severity Hospital admission-basedb PSS TEI CTQ 49 100.0 100.0 1.29 [0.46, 3.58]
Uddin et al., 2013 Current PTSD diagnosis Population-based Structured interviewc Other Othere 401 83.1 100.0 1.65 [0.71, 3.84]
Wang et al., 2013 Current PTSD severity Epidemiologic exposure-based PCL NR NR 319 0 70.5 1.39 [0.85, 2.26]

Note. All samples were primarily civilian and most did not examine a specific traumatic event (with the exception of Wang et al., 2013, which used an earthquake sample). PTSD = posttramautic stress disorder; AA = African American; PSS = Posttraumatic Symptom Scale; PCL = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist; CTQ = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; NA = not applicable; NR = not reported; TEI = Traumatic Events Inventory.

a

Medical or nonmedical, includes Veteran Affairs.

b

Intensive care unit/emergency department/inpatient.

c

Diagnostic measure used was unspecified structured diagnostic interview, based on criteria according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994).

d

Presented results both adjusted and unadjusted for trauma, unadjusted used in meta-analysis.

e

Only presented trauma-adjusted results.