Table 2.
Frequency of the answers and mean of each item of the IES-R scale
| Agreement with the statement | Not at all/a little bit | Moderately | Quite a bit/Extremely | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | Mean | SD | |
| Avoidance dimension | ||||||||
| Item 5. I avoid letting myself get upset when I think or I’m reminded of it | 62 | 35.84 | 63 | 36.42 | 48 | 27.75 | 1.81 | 1.04 |
| Item 7. I feel as if it hadn’t happened or it isn’t real | 105 | 60.69 | 40 | 23.12 | 28 | 16.18 | 1.13 | 1.24 |
| Item 8. I stay away from reminders of it | 118 | 68.21 | 27 | 15.61 | 28 | 16.18 | 1.14 | 1.17 |
| Item 11. I try not to think about it | 74 | 42.77 | 45 | 26.01 | 54 | 31.21 | 1.79 | 1.19 |
| Item 12. I’m aware that I still have a lot of feelings about it, but I don’t deal with them | 113 | 65.32 | 31 | 17.92 | 29 | 16.76 | 1.30 | 1.14 |
| Item 13. My feelings about it are kind of numb | 127 | 73.41 | 19 | 10.98 | 27 | 15.61 | 1.05 | 1.19 |
| Item 17. I try to remove it from my memory | 91 | 52.60 | 47 | 27.17 | 35 | 20.23 | 1.44 | 1.20 |
| Item 22. I try not to talk about it | 99 | 57.23 | 38 | 21.97 | 36 | 20.81 | 1.36 | 1.23 |
| Intrusion dimension | ||||||||
| Item 1. Any reminder brings me back feelings about it | 38 | 21.97 | 57 | 32.95 | 78 | 45.09 | 2.30 | 1.00 |
| Item 2. I have troubles staying asleep | 97 | 56.07 | 31 | 17.92 | 45 | 26.01 | 1.47 | 1.24 |
| Item 3. Other things keep making me think about it | 78 | 45.09 | 43 | 24.86 | 52 | 30.06 | 1.77 | 1.07 |
| Item 6. I think about it when I don’t mean to | 95 | 54.91 | 47 | 27.17 | 31 | 17.92 | 1.48 | 1.06 |
| Item 9. Pictures about it pop into my mind | 94 | 54.34 | 42 | 24.28 | 37 | 21.39 | 1.51 | 1.13 |
| Item 14. I find myself acting or feeling like I’m back at that time | 119 | 68.79 | 29 | 16.76 | 25 | 14.45 | 1.20 | 1.08 |
| Item 16. I have waves of strong feelings about it | 92 | 53.18 | 44 | 25.43 | 37 | 21.39 | 1.54 | 1.16 |
| Item 20. I have dreams about it | 154 | 89.02 | 12 | 6.94 | 7 | 4.05 | 0.54 | 0.84 |
| Hyperarousal dimension | ||||||||
| Item 4. I feel irritable and angry | 111 | 64.16 | 29 | 16.76 | 33 | 19.08 | 1.36 | 1.16 |
| Item 10. I am jumpy and easily startled | 129 | 74.57 | 22 | 12.72 | 22 | 12.72 | 1.02 | 1.12 |
| Item 15. I have troubles falling asleep | 103 | 59.54 | 30 | 17.34 | 40 | 23.12 | 1.35 | 1.33 |
| Item 18. I have trouble concentrating | 128 | 73.99 | 26 | 15.03 | 19 | 10.98 | 1.04 | 1.10 |
| Item 19. Reminders of it cause me to have physical reactions, such as sweating, trouble breathing, nausea, or pounding heart | 143 | 82.66 | 19 | 10.98 | 11 | 6.36 | 0.69 | 0.96 |
| Item 21. I feel watchful and on-guard about environment and people | 64 | 36.99 | 47 | 27.17 | 62 | 35.84 | 1.93 | 1.21 |