Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and pre-existing psychiatric morbidities other than PTSD in the patients with and without AMI-induced PTSD symptomatology
| Category | Total Sample (n = 114) |
p | PTSD-Symptomatology (n = 49/114, 43%) |
No PTSD (n = 65/114, 57%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | n (%) | 96 (84.2%) | χ2 = 53.368, df = 1 p < .001a |
39 (79,6%) | 57 (87.7%) | χ2 = 1.38, df = 1 p = 0.24a |
| Female | n (%) | 18 (15.8%) | 10 (20.4%) | 8 (12.3) | ||
| Age | mean (SD) | 59.9 (±11.48) | - | 59.2 (±11.52) | 60.6 (±11.51) | t = 0.650, df = 112 p = 0.52b |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Single | n (%) | 14 (12.3%) | χ2 = 117.643, df = 3 p < .001a |
8 (17%) | 6 (78.5%) | χ2 = 7.17, df = 3 p = 0.07a |
| Married | n (%) | 77 (67.5%) | 26 (55.3%) | 51 (9.2%) | ||
| Widowed | n (%) | 4 (3.5%) | 2 (4.3%) | 2 (3.1%) | ||
| Divorced | n (%) | 17 (14.9%) | 11 (23.4%) | 6 (9.2%) | ||
| Maximum Educational Level | ||||||
| Secondary School without Graduation | n (%) | 7 (6.1%) | χ2 = 116.642, df = 7 p < .001a |
4 (8.7%) | 3 (5%) | χ2 = 6.49, df = 7 p = 0.48a |
| Secondary School with Graduation | n (%) | 49 (43.0%) | 23 (50%) | 26 (43.3%) | ||
| Business School without Diploma | n (%) | 6 (5.3%) | 2 (4.3%) | 4 (6.7%) | ||
| Business School with Diploma | n (%) | 11 (9.6%) | 5 (10.9%) | 6 (10%) | ||
| Grammar School without Graduation | n (%) | 7 (6.1%) | 2 (4.3%) | 5 (8.3%) | ||
| Grammar School with Graduation | n (%) | 11 (9.6%) | 5 (10.9%) | 6 (10%) | ||
| A-level without University degree | n (%) | 2 (1.8%) | 2 (4.3%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| A-level with University Degree | n (%) | 13 (11.4%) | 3 (6.5%) | 10 (16.7%) | ||
| Employment Status | ||||||
| Paid Work (full- or part-time) | n (%) | 53 (46.5%) | χ2 = 87.754, df = 3 p < .001a |
21 (42.9%) | 32 (49.2%) | χ2 = 7.85, df = 3 p = 0.05a |
| Homemaker | n (%) | 3 (2.6%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (4.6%) | ||
| Retired | n (%) | 54 (47.4%) | 24 (49%) | 30 (46.2%) | ||
| Unemployed | n (%) | 4 (3.5%) | 4 (8.1%) | 0 (0%)5 | ||
|
Previous Mental Illness other than PTSD (Depression, Adjustment Disorder, Burn-out) |
n (%) | 14 (12.3%) | - | 8 (16.3%) | 6 (9.2%) | χ2 = 1.306, df = 1 p = 0.25a |
| Previous Psychopharma-cological Medication | n (%) | 11 (9.6%) | - | 5 (10.2%) | 6 (9.2%) | χ2 = 0.03, df = 1 p = 0.86a |
| Substance Abuse | ||||||
| Alcohol | n (%) | 1 (0.87%) | - | 1 (2.0%) | 0 (0%) | p = 0.429c |
| Illicit Drugs | n (%) | 0 (0%) | - | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | - |
Legend: a χ2 – test; b t-test; c Fisher exact