Table 3.
Prevalence and means of treatment and treatment satisfaction by DSM-5 PTSD level and probable depression status, among 27,382 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II PTSD sub-study with one or more traumatic events. a
| Any treatment type (ever) | Prescription (ever) | Psychotherapy (ever) | Other treatment type (ever) | More than one treatment type (ever) | Satisfaction of treatment (1=very satisfied, 5=very dissatisfied) | Symptom alleviation (1=a lot, 4=not at all) | Currently in treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | % (n) | |
| Overall, with trauma (n=27,382) | 25.0 (6856) | 14.8 (4055) | 20.0 (5464) | 6.0 (1643) | 14.3 (3913) | 1.9 (0.9) | 1.8 (0.8) | 8.2 (2245) |
| Trauma, no lifetime PTSD symptoms (n=8,620) | 6.0 (518) | 2.6 (224) | 2.9 (246) | 1.2 (107) | 1.9 (165) | 1.6 (0.7) | 1.5 (0.8) | 1.4 (122) |
| Trauma, lifetime PTSD symptoms, no diagnosis (n=15,876) | 27.8 (4421) | 15.4 (2439) | 21.9 (3479) | 5.9 (943) | 14.6 (2323) | 1.9 (0.9) | 1.8 (0.8) | 8.4 (1326) |
| Trauma, lifetime PTSD diagnosis, no past-month diagnosis (n=2,471) | 65.8 (1627) | 46.9 (1159) | 59.8 (1478) | 20.2 (498) | 48.4 (1196) | 2.0 (0.9) | 1.8 (0.8) | 25.0 (618) |
| Trauma, past-month PTSD diagnosis (n=415) | 69.9 (290) | 56.1 (233) | 62.9 (261) | 22.9 (95) | 55.2 (229) | 2.6 (1.0) | 2.4 (0.8) | 43.1 (179) |
| Trauma and past month probable b depression (n=6,263) | 41.1 (2571) | 30.2 (1894) | 34.3 (2148) | 10.9 (683) | 28.5 (1782) | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.1 (0.8) | 18.9 (1183) |
DSM-5 PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Version 5. 0.5% of participants with trauma did not endorse any PTSD symptoms and also did not click “none of the above” under the list of symptoms; they were coded as having no symptoms as long as they continued to the rest of the survey. Up to 0.5% (varies by symptom) of participants who endorsed one or more lifetime PTSD symptoms left the corresponding past-month symptom severity question blank; they were coded as “not at all” for that symptom’s past-month severity. 1.1% of participants with trauma left the treatment questions blank and were coded as having no treatment. 1.3% of participants with history of treatment (or 0.3% among all with trauma) were missing on whether currently in treatment and were coded as not currently being in treatment. 0.9% of those with treatment were missing on treatment satisfaction and 1.3% were missing on symptom alleviation; they were not included in the mean score estimates for these variables. 3.4% of participants with trauma were missing on 4 or more individual depression symptoms out of 10 and were coded as missing for probable depression. Mean imputation was used on individual depression symptoms for women missing on 3 or fewer symptoms.
Probable depression was defined by a score of 10 or greater on the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale.