Table 2.
Thirty-day DSM-5 PTSD prevalence estimates based on responses to the full PCL-5 using four diagnostic thresholds in the unweighted training and validation samples
| DSM-5 Criteria B-E | PCL-5 >=28+ | PCL-5>= 32+ | PCL-5>= 38+ | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | (n) | |||||
| Training sample | 6.2 | (0.3) | 9.2 | (0.3) | 7.0 | (0.3) | 5.2 | (0.2) | (8,917) | ||||
| Validation sample | |||||||||||||
| Total | 13.1 | (0.3) | 15.0 | (0.3) | 13.2 | (0.3) | 10.5 | (0.3) | (11,728) | ||||
| Ever deployed | 15.6 | (0.5) | 17.9 | (0.5) | 15.9 | (0.5) | 12.8 | (0.4) | (6,280) | ||||
| Never deployed | 10.1 | (0.4) | 11.6 | (0.4) | 9.9 | (0.4) | 7.8 | (0.4) | (5,448) | ||||