Table 3.
PTSD Treatment Utilization Among Those With Lifetime PTSD by Gender and Veteran Status
| Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTSD treatment utilization | Veterans, n (% unadj) (n=48) | Civilians, n (% unadj) (n=1,610) | Veterans, n (% unadj) (n=181) | Civilians, n (% unadj) (n=496) |
| Counselor/therapist | 34 (71.4)a | 871 (55.1)a,b | 118 (64.2)a | 225 (48.2) |
| Self-help group/hotline/chat room | 13 (28.8) | 274 (17.4)a,b | 45 (27.1)a | 58 (11.1) |
| Hospitalization | 12 (14.3) | 177 (10.4)b | 38 (22.5)a | 47 (7.7) |
| Emergency room | 7 (9.3) | 201 (12.1) | 25 (15.1) | 49 (9.5) |
| Medicine/drugs | 25 (54.4)a,c | 513 (32.7)b | 85 (48.9)a | 140 (30.5) |
| Sought help in the past 12 months | 18 (51.5) | 373 (38.3)b | 63 (54.8)a | 97 (38.8) |
| Ever sought treatment | 36 (73.3)a | 950 (60.4)a | 123 (67.0)a | 247 (52.3) |
| Age at first onset, M (SD) | 25.7 (2.7) | 24.9 (0.6) | 26.1 (1.2) | 24.7 (0.8) |
| Age when first talked to someone, M (SD)d | 28.7 (1.7)b | 29.6 (0.7)b | 37.4 (2.5)a | 29.9 (1.3) |
| Delay to first talking to someone, M (SD)d | 4.7 (1.5)b | 5.2 (0.7)b | 10.6 (2.4) | 4.4 (1.0)b |
Note: Percentages are weighted.
a
p < 0.05 compared with men civilians.
b
p < 0.05 compared with men veterans.
c
p < 0.05 compared with women civilians.
d
Sample size includes only those who ever sought treatment (n=36 women veterans, n=950 women civilians, n=123 men veterans, and n=247 men civilians).
PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; unadj, unadjusted.