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. 2020 Apr 27;87:100–106. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.069

Table 2.

IES-R, DASS-21 and ISI scores of the study respondents with and without psychiatric illnesses.

Psychiatric patients (n = 76) Healthy controls (n = 109) P
Impact of Event Scale – Revised (IES-R)
Mean IES-R score 17.7 (14.2) 11.3 (10.1) 0.001
Presence of PTSD like symptoms 0.025
No PTSD like symptoms (17 or below) 43 (56.6%) 79 (72.5%)
PTSD (18 or above) 33 (43.4%) 30 (27.5%)
Presence of diagnosis PTSD 0.003
 No diagnosis of PTSD (23 or below) 52 (68.4%) 94 (86.2%)
 Diagnosis of PTSD (24 or above) 24 (31.6%) 15 (13.8%)



Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21)
Mean DASS-21 Anxiety score 6.6 (9.0) 1.5 (2.7) <0.001
DASS-21 (Anxiety) <0.001
 No (0–7) 56 (73.7%) 102 (93.6%)
 Mild (8–9) 2 (2.6) 4 (3.7%)
 Moderate (10–14) 7 (9.2%) 2 (1.8%)
 Severe (15–19) 3 (3.9%) 1 (0.9%)
 Extremely Severe (20+) 8 (10.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Mean DASS-21 Depression score 8.3 (10.3) 2.2 (3.5) <0.001
DASS-21 (Depression) <0.001
 No (0–9) 50 (65.8%) 107 (98.2%)
 Mild (10–13) 9 (11.8%) 1 (0.9%)
 Moderate (14–20) 7 (9.2%) 0 (0.0%)
 Severe (21–27) 4 (5.3%) 1 (0.9%)
 Extremely Severe (28+) 6 (7.9%) 0 (0.0%)
 Mean DASS-21 Stress score 8.0 (9.8) 2.7 (4.2) <0.001
DASS-21 (Stress) <0.001
 No (0–14) 61 (80.3%) 108 (99.1%)
 Mild (15–18) 2 (2.6%) 0 (0.0%)
 Moderate (19–25) 7 (9.2%) 1 (0.9%)
 Severe (26–33) 3 (3.9%) 0 (0.0%)
 Extremely Severe (34+) 3 (3.9%) 0 (0.0%)



Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
Mean ISI score 10.1 (7.16) 4.63 (4.04) <0.001
No clinically significant insomnia (0–7) 35 (46.1%) 81 (74.3%) <0.001
Subthreshold insomnia (8–14) 20 (26.3%) 25 (22.9%)
Moderately severe clinical insomnia (15–21) 15 (19.7%) 2 (1.8%)
Severe clinical insomnia 5 (7.9%) 1 (0.9%)