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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2021 Feb 1;178(2):119–122. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19121231

TABLE 1.

Prevalence of PTSD and the intrusive traumatic reexperiencing domain (ITRED) in various patient populationsa

Variable Treatment-Seeking IDF Veterans (N=1,826) Combat-Exposed IDF Members
Combat-Exposed U.S. Army Members
Patients With Traumatic Injury (N=987) Trauma-Exposed Civilians (N=384)
4 Months Postdeployment (N=530) 3 Months Postdeployment (N=4,227) 9 Months Postdeployment (N=4,227)

Country Israel Israel United States United States Australia United States
Reporting method CAPS-4 CAPS-4 PCL-5 PCL-5 CAPS-4 CAPS-4 or CAPS-5
Percentage meeting PTSD criteria 83.2 1.9 5 9 9.4 71.6
Percentage meeting ITRED criteria 93.2 11.9 15 18 20.9 76.3
Percentage meeting ITRED criteria of those meeting PTSD criteria 98.9 100 91.3 92.6 86 96.4
Percentage meeting ITRED but not PTSD criteria 10.9 10 10.4 10.7 14.2 7.3
Percentage meeting PTSD but not ITRED criteria 0.9 0 0.5 0.7 13.9 2.6
a

CAPS-4 = Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV; CAPS-5 = Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5; IDF = Israel Defense Forces; PCL-5 = PTSD Checklist for DSM-5.