Table 1.
Lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), proportion of cases with lifetime PTSD who obtained treatment, and proportion of treated cases who perceived treatment as helpful
| In the entire sample | Among respondents with lifetime PTSD | Among cases that obtained lifetime PTSD treatment† | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of PTSD | Percentage obtained treatment† | Percentage perceived treatment as helpful‡ | Number of professionals seen by those who received treatment they never considered helpful | Number of professionals seen by those who received treatment they considered helpful‡ | |||||||||
| (n) | % | (SE) | (n) | % | (SE) | (n) | % | (SE) | Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | |
| Low/middle-income countries | (15,557) | 2.3 | (0.1) | (605) | 6.8 | (1.2) | (53) | 43.8 | (9.2) | 1.0 | (1.0–2.4) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.6) |
| Colombia | (2,381) | 1.8 | (0.4) | (58) | 4.1 | (3.1) | (2) | 0.0 | (0.0) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) | - | |
| Sao Paulo, Brazil | (2,942) | 3.2 | (0.2) | (160) | 8.3 | (3.0) | (17) | 27.5 | (14.4) | 2.3 | (1.0–2.7) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.3) |
| Bulgaria | (2,811) | 2.0 | (0.3) | (109) | 10.3 | (2.8) | (14) | 71.1 | (15.7) | 1.5 | (1.1–1.9) | 1.0 | (1.0–2.1) |
| Lebanon | (1,031) | 3.4 | (0.6) | (70) | 2.5 | (1.8) | (2) | 100.0 | (0.0) | - | 1.0 | (1.0–1.4) | |
| Medellin, Colombia | (1,673) | 3.7 | (0.6) | (109) | 7.5 | (2.6) | (12) | 36.6 | (16.0) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.1) | 1.0 | (1.0–45.1) |
| Mexico | (2,362) | 1.5 | (0.3) | (68) | 3.1 | (1.8) | (4) | 32.0 | (22.9) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) |
| Romania | (2,357) | 1.2 | (0.3) | (31) | 6.9 | (5.2) | (2) | 65.8 | (31.8) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) |
| χ26 | 41.9* | 6.9 | 1100.6* | ||||||||||
| II. High-income countries | |||||||||||||
| High-income countries | (37,422) | 5.3 | (0.1) | (2,906) | 26.4 | (1.1) | (726) | 57.6 | (2.4) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.7) | 1.3 | (1.0–2.3) |
| Argentina | (2,116) | 2.8 | (0.3) | (122) | 19.9 | (3.7) | (26) | 75.4 | (10.9) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.6) |
| Australia | (8,463) | 7.3 | (0.4) | (640) | 39.8 | (2.6) | (253) | 68.4 | (3.7) | 1.1 | (1.0–1.8) | 1.3 | (1.0–2.3) |
| Israel | (4,859) | 1.6 | (0.2) | (73) | 12.0 | (4.1) | (8) | 47.3 | (18.3) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.4) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.5) |
| Japan | (1,682) | 1.3 | (0.2) | (38) | 16.7 | (7.5) | (4) | 67.4 | (26.0) | 3.0 | (3.0–3.0) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) |
| Murcia, Spain | (1,459) | 2.8 | (0.5) | (65) | 19.1 | (3.7) | (16) | 84.9 | (11.5) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.0) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.4) |
| New Zealand | (7,312) | 6.1 | (0.3) | (828) | 19.1 | (2.0) | (168) | 40.2 | (5.7) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.4) | 1.5 | (1.0–2.7) |
| Northern Ireland | (1,986) | 8.8 | (0.7) | (238) | 39.2 | (4.3) | (80) | 53.5 | (7.1) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.6) | 1.7 | (1.0–2.5) |
| Portugal | (2,060) | 5.3 | (0.5) | (180) | 28.7 | (4.4) | (64) | 45.2 | (6.9) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.7) | 1.2 | (1.0–1.8) |
| United States | (5,692) | 6.9 | (0.4) | (602) | 16.0 | (1.5) | (104) | 42.3 | (4.2) | 1.1 | (1.0–1.9) | 1.4 | (1.0–2.4) |
| Saudi Arabia | (1,793) | 3.6 | (0.5) | (120) | 2.4 | (1.8) | (3) | 100.0 | (0.0) | - | 1.5 | (1.2–1.9) | |
| χ29 | 321.6* | 106.6* | 321.0* | ||||||||||
| III. Pooled countries | |||||||||||||
| All Countries | (52,979) | 4.4 | (0.1) | (3,511) | 23.5 | (1.0) | (779) | 57.0 | (2.4) | 1.0 | (1.0–1.8) | 1.3 | (1.0–2.2) |
| χ216 | 537.1* | 174.4* | 1130.1* | ||||||||||
| Low/middle-income countries vs. High-income countries | |||||||||||||
| χ21 | 181.4* | 64.4* | 2.1 | ||||||||||
Abbreviations: SE, standard error; IQR, interquartile range.
Significant at the .05 level, two-sided test.
Cases are based on three conditions: (i) Respondents obtained PTSD treatment; (ii) Year of first PTSD treatment was 1990 or later; and (iii) Age at onset of PTSD was the year of first PTSD treatment or earlier.
Cases are based on four conditions: (i) Respondents obtained PTSD treatment; (ii) Year of first PTSD treatment was1990 or later; (iii) Age at onset of PTSD was the year of first PTSD treatment or earlier; and (iv) Respondents obtained helpful treatment.