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. 2022 Aug 5;14(8):e27724. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27724

Table 4. Mean, median and range of each item of the IES-R scale.

IES-R scale: Revised Impact of Event Scale.

S. N+M3+J9:N13 Scale question Mean (SD) Median (IQR) Range
1 Any reminder brought back feelings about it 1.33 (1.32) 1 (0-2) 0-4
2 I had trouble staying asleep 1.04 (1.29) 1 (0-2) 0-4
3 Other things kept making me think about it 1.24 (1.29) 1 (0-2) 0-4
4 I felt irritable and angry 0.94 (1.18) 0 (0-2) 0-4
5 I avoided letting myself get upset when I thought about it or was reminded of it. 1.18 (1.36) 1 (0-2) 0-4
6 I thought about it when I didn’t mean to 0.92 (1.34) 0 (0-2) 0-4
7 I felt as if it hadn’t happened or wasn’t real 1.13 (1.30) 1 (0-2) 0-4
8 I stayed away from reminders of it 1.22 (1.35) 1 (0-2) 0-4
9 Pictures about it popped into my mind 1.21 (1.38) 1 (0-2) 0-4
10 I was jumpy and easily startled 1.22 (1.28) 1 (0-2) 0-4
11 I tried not to think about it 1.67 (1.52) 1 (0-3) 0-4
12 I was aware that I still had a lot of feeling about it, but I didn’t deal with them 1.04 (1.27) 1 (0-2) 0-4
13 My feelings about it were kind of numb 1.17  (1.25) 1 (0-2) 0-4
14 I found myself acting or feeling like I was back in that time 1.03 (1.26) 1 (0-2) 0-4
15 I had trouble falling asleep 1.08 (1.38) 0 (0-2) 0-4
16 I had waves of strong feelings about it 1.32 (1.43) 1 (0-2) 0-4
17 I tried to remove it from my memory 1.38 (1.55) 1 (0-3) 0-4
18 I had trouble concentrating 1.15 ((1.37) 1 (0-2) 0-4
19 Reminders of it caused me to have physical reactions such as sweating, trouble breathing, nausea, or a pounding heart 0.81 (1.22) 0 (0-1) 0-4
20 I had dreams about it 0.70 (1.16) 0 (0-1) 0-4
21 I felt watchful and on guard 1.23 (1.36) 1 (0-2) 0-4
22 I tried not to talk about it 1.29 (1.44) 1 (0-2) 0-4
23 Avoidance subscale (Item nos. 5,7,8,11,12,13,17,22) 10.10 (8.07) 9 (3-16) 0-32
24 Hyperarousal subscale (Item nos. 4,10,15,18,19,21) 6.43 (5.85) 5 (2-10) 0-24
25 Intrusion subscale (Item nos. 1,2,3,6,9,14,16,20) 8.80 (7.71) 7 (3-13) 0-32