Table 1.
Patients | PCL Pairs | ||
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Overall Cohort | |||
A | How many patients had any diagnosis of PTSD between 10/1/99 and 9/30/19? | 2,098,389 | N/A |
B | How many of (A) had at least 1 PCL Score? | 852,438 | N/A |
C | How many of (B) had at least 1 additional PCL score within 30 to 365 days of the first? | 353,847 | 6,158,258 |
D | How many of (C) do not include overlapping PCL pairs within the same patient? | 353,847 | 480,372 |
E | How many of (D) had at least one concurrent drug trial lasting at least 28 days? | 192,006 | 223,048 |
F | How many of (E) met the criteria to be considered a case* or control**? | 168,941 | 192,912 |
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Sensitivity Analysis Cohorts | |||
G | How many of (F) did not coincide with any instance of EBT? | 69,453 | 75,266 |
H | How many of (F) had a baseline PCL score of 38 or higher and a PTSD diagnosis within 30 days of baseline? | 119,372 | 134,289 |
I | How many of (H) did not coincide with any instance of EBT? | 44,400 | 47,778 |
PTSD=Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PCL=PTSD Checklist, EBT=Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD
Case: PCL improvement of 15 points or more
Control: PCL improvement of 7 points or less or PCL worsening