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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2021 Nov 21;32(2):194–202. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.10.007

Table 4.

PTSD symptom cluster changes among women veterans with probable PTSD from baseline to post-treatment and baseline to 3-month follow-up.

Baseline
M		 Post-
Treatment
M		 P 3-Month
Follow-up
M		 P
PCL-5 Subscale: Items 1-5
 Intrusion Symptoms (PTSD Criterion B)
 Score Range: 0-20		 12.13 8.90 <0.001 9.00 <0.001
PCL-5 Subscale: Items 6-7
 Avoidance Symptoms (PTSD Criterion C)
 Score Range: 0-8		 5.00 3.67 0.011 3.77 0.079
PCL-5 Subscale: Items 8-14
 Negative changes to Cognition and Mood (PTSD Criterion D)
 Score Range: 0-28		 15.17 10.17 <0.001 11.65 0.066
PCL-5 Subscale: Items 15-20
 Changes to Arousal and Reactivity (PTSD Criterion E)
 Score Range: 0-24		 13.43 7.07 <0.001 7.58 <0.001

Note. p<0.10 reported as 3 digits after the decimal point, p=0.100-.99 reported as 2 digits after decimal point, and values of .000 and 1.0 reported as <0.001 and >0.99; Number of observations vary according to variable, from n=26 to n=30.