Table 1.
Participant demographic variables across groups.
| Demographics |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | PTSD (33) | CPTSD (111) | No PTSD (78) |
| Mean age at time of assessment (SD) | 51 (13) | 47 (12) | 49 (14) |
| Gender | |||
| Male (%) | 19 (58) | 55 (50.5) | 39 (50) |
| Female (%) | 14 (42) | 56 (49.5) | 39 (50) |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||
| White | 31 (97) | 102 (93) | 76 (97) |
| Non-white | 1 (3) | 8 (7) | 2 (3) |
| Employment | |||
| Unemployed | 20 (63) | 77 (70) | 40 (51) |
| Employed | 12 (37) | 33 (30) | 38 (49) |
| Living arrangements (%) | |||
| Married or cohabiting | 16 (50) | 48 (44) | 48 (62) |
| Single, widowed, divorced or separated | 16 (50) | 60 (56) | 30 (38) |
| Higher education: A levels and above (%) | |||
| Higher education | 11 (41) | 30 (30) | 21 (30) |
| No higher education | 16 (59) | 69 (70) | 50 (70) |
| Total ITQ mean (SD) | 26.30 (6.90) | 37.63 (5.68) | 18.70 (10.22) |
| Core PTSD ITQ mean (SD) | 16.88 (3.84) | 18.87 (3.33) | 8.26 (4.58) |
| DSO ITQ mean (SD) | 9.42 (3.61) | 18.74 (3.29) | 10.45 (6.82) |
| Total LEC mean (SD) | 6.71 (3.66) | 7.35 (3.53) | 6.21 (3.82) |
PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder, CPTSD = complex post-traumatic stress disorder, ITQ = The International Trauma Questionnaire.