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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2020 Apr 27;33(5):750–761. doi: 10.1002/jts.22501

Table 1.

Demographic, Current Psychiatric, and Behavioral Status for Participants Who Completed Initial Enrollment and Follow-Up Assessments

Initial Assessment (n = 397) Follow-Up Assessment (n = 205) Statistical Test
n % M SD n % M SD
Variable
Age (years) 32.34 8.58 34.21 8.58 t(600) = −2.546*
Male gender 364 91.7 182 88.8 χ2(1, n = 205) =1.347
Education (years) 14.0 1.96 14.38 2.22 t(600) = −2.140*
Race/ethnicity
 White 297 74.8 150 73.2 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.181
 Black 29 7.3 15 7.3 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.000
 Hispanic 58 14.6 33 16.1 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.237
 Other 7 1.8 3 1.5 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.073
 Unknown/missing 6 1.5 4 2.0 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.205
Service branch
 Army 113 28.5 50 24.4 χ2(1, n = 205) = 1.148
 Navy 14 3.5 7 3.4 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.004
 Air Force 16 4.0 7 3.4 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.133
 Marines 76 19.1 35 17.1 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.359
 National Guard 130 32.7 89 43.4 χ2(1, n = 205) = 6.679**
 Reserves 48 12.1 17 8.3 χ2(1, n = 205) = 2.022
Deployments
 Number 1.49 0.81 1.42 0.77 t(600) = 1.012
 Months 14.36 8.55 14.26 9.01 t(600) = 0.122
 Months since last deployment 42.27 33.71 61.18 38.59 t(600) = −6.200***
 Combat exposurea 17.43 11.82 16.04 11.44 t(600) = 1.380
N of military mTBIs 0.84 1.59 0.76 1.51 t(600) = 0.654
PTSD 241 60.7 104 50.7 χ2(1, n = 205) = 5.516*
 PTSD severity 51.10 29.64 45.18 28.74 t(600) = 2.347*
 ΔPTSD severityb −3.51 20.77 t(600) = −2.359*
Depressive disorders 110 27.7 44 21.5 χ2(1, n = 205) = 2.725
 Major 98 24.7 39 19.0 χ2(1, n = 205) = 2.464
 Other 12 3.0 4 2.0 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.599
Anxiety disorders 84 21.2 40 19.5 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.238
 Panic 36 9.1 15 7.3 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.535
 Social phobia 23 5.8 8 3.9 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.990
 GAD 34 8.6 16 7.8 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.102
 Other 23 5.8 17 8.3 χ2(1, n = 205) = 1.361
Substance use disorder 61 15.4 30 14.6 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.067
 Alcohol 53 13.4 21 10.3 χ2(1, n = 205) = 1.210
 Other 13 3.3 12 5.9 χ2(1, n = 205) = 2.259
Current pain 283 71.3 149 72.7 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.131
 30-day averagec 31.08 26.11 30.48 26.68 t(600) = 0.263
Sleep disturbance 315 79.3 161 78.5 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.052
 Sleep qualityd 10.09 4.75 9.56 4.35 t(600) = 1.346
 Number of psychiatric/behavioral conditions 3.21 1.69 2.98 1.74 t(600) = 1.589
≥ 3 comorbidities 255 64.2 121 59.0 χ2(1, n = 205) = 1.556
NSI validitye 15 3.8 5 2.4 χ2(1, n = 205) = 0.755
Measured disabilityf 18.84 17.23 17.38 17.23 0.31

Note. GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; mTBI = mild traumatic brain injury; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; NSI = Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory.

a

Combat exposure was total score from the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DRRI) combat module.

b

Difference in PTSD severity scores, calculated by subtracting initial score from follow-up score; significance measured using one-sample t test.

c

30-day average pain severity from the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire.

d

Sleep quality represents the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) global score.

e

Validity-10 symptom exaggeration score derived from NSI (score ≥ 23).

f

Square root of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 overall score.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.