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. 2009 Aug 27;31(6):546–554. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.06.008

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and medical condition of the sample

Variable Total (N=70) No PTSD (n=38) PTSD (n=30) Chi-square or t P
Age (years), mean (S.D) 38.5 (12.3) 35.0 (13.4) 42.9 (9.7) 2.729 .0081
Gender, n (%)
 Male 23 (32.9) 17 (44.7) 6 (20.0)
 Female 47 (67.1) 21 (55.3) 24 (80.0) 4.583 .0323
Marital status, n (%)
 Single 17 (24.3) 16 (42.1) 1 ( 3.3)
 Married 47 (67.1) 21 (55.3) 24 (80.0)
 Divorced 3 ( 4.3) 1 ( 2.6) 2 ( 6.7)
 Widowed 3 ( 4.3) 0 ( 0.0) 3 (10.0) 16.050 .0011
Occupation, n (%)
 Professional/managerial 50 (71.5) 27 (71.1) 22 (73.3)
 Laborer 20 (28.5) 11 (28.9) 8 (26.7) 0.043 .8351
Educational years in school, mean (S.D) 13.5 (2.7) 13.8 (2.9) 13.1 (2.4) 1.098 .2763
Employment status before SARS, n (%)
 Paid work 56 (80.0) 27 (71.1) 27 (90.0)
 No paid work 14 (20.0) 11 (28.9) 3 (10.0) .0729
Persons in home, mean (S.D) 3.0 (0.9) 3.1 (1.0) 2.7 (0.7) 1.833 .0713
Number of close relatives who suffered from SARS, mean (S.D.) 1.3 (2.7) 0.5 (1.6) 2.3 (3.5) 2.689 .0106
Number of close relatives who died from SARS, mean (S.D.) 0.4 (1.0) 0.1 (0.5) 0.7 (1.3) 2.409 .0211
Positive history of psychiatric disease, n (%) 1 (1.4) 0 (0 ) 1 (3.3%) .4410
Positive family history of psychiatric disease, n (%) 2 (2.8) 1 (2.6) 1 (3.3%) 1.0000
Femoral head necrosis, n (%) (n=61) (n=34) (n=27)
 Yes 12 (17.1) 3 ( 7.9) 9 (30.0)
 No 49 (70.0) 31 (81.6) 18 (60.0) .0238
Chest CT, n (%) (n=54) (n=29) (n=24)
 0 23 (42.6) 17 (58.6) 5 (20.8)
 1 11 (20.4) 3 (10.3) 8 (33.3)
 2 8 (14.8) 2 (6.9) 6 (25.0)
 3 9 (16.7) 6 (20.7) 3 (12.5)
 4 3 ( 5.6) 1 (3.5) 2 (8.3) 3.539 .0600

Significant difference between no-PTSD and PTSD groups (P<.05).