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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Trauma. 2019 Jul 25;12(3):260–271. doi: 10.1037/tra0000496

Table 3.

Veteran Comorbidities by Treatment Initiation

No CPT/PE n=204,932 Initiated CPT/PE n=60,634

n % n % pa

Bipolar Disorder 25,414 12.4% 9,250 15.3% <0.001
Depressive Disorder 126,028 61.5% 43,552 71.8% <0.001
Other Psychotic Spectrum Disorder 5,975 2.9% 2,019 3.3% <0.001
Pain Disorder 149,570 73.0% 49,181 81.1% <0.001
Schizophrenia 3,062 1.5% 729 1.2% <0.001
Any Substance Use Disorderb 67,021 32.7% 24,010 39.6% <0.001
 Alcohol Abuse 43,126 21.0% 16,755 27.6% <0.001
 Alcohol Dependence 31,596 15.4% 13,589 22.4% <0.001
 Drug Abuse 26,631 13.0% 10,934 18.0% <0.001
 Drug Dependence 21,264 10.4% 9,110 15.0% <0.001
Suicidal Ideation or Attempt 21,367 10.4% 10,082 16.6% <0.001
Traumatic Brain Injury 28,519 13.9% 12,055 20.0% <0.001
Categorical Number of Comorbidities <0.001
 0 Comorbidities 18,511 9.0% 3,147 5.2%
 1 Comorbidity 51,347 25.1% 11,079 18.3%
 2+ Comorbidities 135,074 65.9% 46,408 76.5%

M SD M SD

Continuous Number of Comorbidities 2.4 1.8 2.9 2.0 <0.001

Note. CPT, cognitive processing therapy; PE prolonged exposure therapy.

a

For categorical variables, p values are based on Chi-Square. For number of comorbidities, (continuous variable), p value is based on the Mann-Whitney test.

b

Any substance use disorder refers to the presence of any alcohol/drug abuse and/or dependence.