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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2017 Aug 25;20(6):757–764. doi: 10.1007/s00737-017-0769-y

Table 4.

Frequencies of Endorsed SCID OCD and PTSD Symptoms

Full Sample With MDE Without MDE
N = 382 N = 228 N = 154
% Endorsed p
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Entry Item: Obsessions/compulsions 22.5 28.6 13.4 <.001
Intrusive thoughts, images, impulses 39.7 43.1 29.4 .317
More than worries 31.0 31.0 31.3 .983
Efforts to ignore/suppress/neutralize 31.6 31.7 31.3 .973
Recognized as product of own mind 43.6 43.9 42.9 .946
Compulsions are repetitive behaviors 58.3 62.3 47.4 .258
Compulsions aimed at reducing distress or preventing events 40.0 41.2 36.8 .742
Recognized as excessive or unreasonable 61.2 62.5 57.9 .727
Cause marked distress, time-consuming, significantly interfere 26.5 29.2 20.0 .435
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Entry Item: Nightmares/flashbacks/intrusive thoughts 16.6 19.6 12.0 .051
Experienced event involving actual/threatened death 56.3 55.6 57.9 .863
Response involved fear/hopelessness/horror 59.6 59.5 60.0 .971
Recurrent intrusive distressing recollections 71.1 74.2 64.3 .497
Recurrent distressing dreams 64.4 67.7 57.1 .492
Acting or feeling as if event was recurring 33.3 41.9 14.3 .069
Intense psychological distress to cues 53.3 61.3 35.7 .111
Physiological reactivity to cues 54.5 60.0 42.9 .287
Efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, conversations about event 60.0 58.6 63.6 .772
Avoiding activities/places related to event 61.5 71.4 36.4 .043
Inability to recall important aspect of event 25.0 31.0 9.1 .152
Diminished interest/participation in activities 47.5 51.7 36.4 .385
Detachment or estrangement from others 37.5 44.8 18.2 .120
Restricted range of affect 39.5 46.4 20.0 .142
Sense of foreshortened future 39.5 44.8 22.2 .226
Difficulty falling/staying asleep 76.7 76.0 80.0 .847
Irritability/outbursts of anger 60.0 64.0 40.0 .317
Difficulty concentrating 50.0 52.0 40.0 .624
Hypervigilance 63.3 68.0 40.0 .236
Exaggerated startle response 53.3 48.0 80.0 .190

Note. MDE = Major Depressive Episode diagnosed on SCID. OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. PTSD = Post-Traumatic Distress Disorder.