Table 2.
Medication status of study groups
| Medication status | PTSD (N=36) |
Anxiety disorders (N=79) |
Group comparison |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | χ2 | df | p | |
| Antipsychotic agent(s) | 16 | 44.4 | 7 | 8.9 | 19.571 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Benzodiazepine(s) | 27 | 75.0 | 61 | 77.2 | 0.068 | 1 | 0.815 |
| Antidepressant(s) | 25 | 69.4 | 61 | 77.2 | 0.792 | 1 | 0.488 |
| Dose equivalents | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | p |
| Olanzapine equivalent | 0.65 | 1.00 | 0.15 | 0.66 | 2.72 | 49.38 | 0.01 |
| Lorazepam equivalent | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 1.25 | 113 | 0.22 |
| Imipramine equivalent | 6.07 | 17.51 | 10.52 | 21.55 | -1.16 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
PTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder, SD: standard deviation