Table 2.
War-related characteristics and posttraumatic symptoms based on diagnostic status.
| PTSD N = 31 |
CPTSD N = 129 |
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| X(SD) | X(SD) | t | p | |
| Deployment (months) | 37.33 (19.09) | 29.77 (18.74) | 1.96 | 0.05 |
| Lifetime trauma | 8.52 (2.97) | 8.23 (3.44) | 0.42 | 0.67 |
| Lifetime interpersonal trauma | 2.84 (1.19) | 2.78 (1.29) | 0.22 | 0.83 |
| Time of first referral (years) | 16.13 (7.26) | 15.94 (7.63) | 0,13 | 0.90 |
| Re-experiencing in the here and now | 3.13 (0.78) | 3.21 (0.71) | 0.53 | 0.60 |
| Avoidance | 3.05 (0.66) | 3.15 (0.64) | 0.77 | 0.44 |
| Sense of current threat | 3.06 (0.78) | 3.34 (0.53) | 1.87 | 0.07 |
| PTSD scorea | 3.08 (0.56) | 3.23 (0.42) | 1.40 | 0.17 |
| PTSD functional impairment | 2.28 (0.85) | 2.91 (0.63) | 4.65 | <0.01 |
| Affective dysregulation | 2.35 (0.80) | 2.98 (0.61) | 4.11 | <0.01 |
| Negative self-concept | 1.16 (0.84) | 2.79 (0.79) | 10.11 | <0.01 |
| Disturbances in relationships | 1.74 (1.01) | 2.94 (0.68) | 6.25 | <0.01 |
| DSO scoreb | 1.75(0.65) | 2.90 (0.60) | 9.47 | <0.01 |
| CPTSD functional impairment | 1.60 (0.81) | 2.81 (0.70) | 8.42 | <0.01 |
aSum of Re-experiencing in the here and now, Avoidance and Sense of current threat.
bSum of affective dysregulation, Negative self-concept and Disturbances in relationship.