Table 1.

Responses to Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5) questions, overall and by study setting

Question	Cape Town (n = 239)	Johannesburg (n = 200)	Entebbe (n = 491)	Chitungwiza (n = 400)	Total (n = 1330)
Have you ever experienced a traumatic event?
No	95 (40%)	95 (48%)	243 (49%)	244 (61%)	677 (51%)
Yes	144 (60%)	105 (53%)	248 (51%)	156 (39%)	653 (49%)
In the past month, have you experienced nightmares about the event?a
No	68 (47%)	60 (57%)	144 (58%)	79 (51%)	351 (54%)
Yes	76 (53%)	45 (43%)	105 (42%)	77 (49%)	302 (46%)
In the past month, have you tried hard not to think about the event or avoided situations that remind you of the event?a
No	41 (28%)	40 (38%)	126 (51%)	54 (35%)	261 (40%)
Yes	103 (72%)	65 (62%)	122 (49%)	102 (65%)	392 (60%)
In the past month, have you been constant on guard, watchful or easily startled?a
No	94 (65%)	63 (60%)	159 (64%)	107 (69%)	423 (65%)
Yes	50 (35%)	42 (40%)	89 (36%)	49 (31%)	230 (35%)
In the past month, have you felt numb or detached from people, activities or your surroundings?a
No	79 (55%)	57 (54%)	192 (77%)	96 (62%)	424 (65%)
Yes	65 (45%)	48 (46%)	56 (23%)	60 (38%)	229 (35%)
In the past month, have you felt guilty or unable to stop blaming yourself or others for the event?a
No	88 (61%)	63 (60%)	184 (74%)	99 (63%)	434 (66%)
Yes	56 (39%)	42 (40%)	64 (26%)	57 (37%)	219 (34%)
Total scale score
0	107 (45%)	111 (56%)	324 (66%)	266 (67%)	808 (61%)
1	25 (10%)	13 (7%)	46 (9%)	24 (6%)	108 (8%)
2	42 (18%)	29 (15%)	42 (9%)	47 (12%)	160 (12%)
3	30 (13%)	22 (11%)	28 (6%)	32 (8%)	112 (8%)
4	24 (10%)	20 (10%)	34 (7%)	24 (6%)	102 (8%)
5	11 (5%)	5 (3%)	17 (3%)	7 (2%)	40 (3%)
Post-traumatic stress symptoms score, categorised
PC-PTSD-5 score < 3	174 (73%)	153 (77%)	412 (84%)	337 (84%)	1076 (81%)
PC-PTSD-5 score ≥ 3	65 (27%)	47 (24%)	79 (16%)	63 (16%)	254 (19%)

^aAmong those who reported ever experiencing a traumatic event