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Prevalence of post-traumatic psychiatric symptoms which significantly differentiated cases from non-cases |
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| Symptoms |
Diagnostic status |
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| Total |
Non cases |
Cases |
Statistics |
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| N = 108 |
n = 67 |
n = 41 |
χ2, df, p |
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| Trouble remembering some important aspects of disaster |
66.7 |
56.7 |
82.9 |
7.86, 1, 0.005 |
| Felt that life will be shortened, die sooner than others |
56.5 |
46.3 |
73.2 |
7.49, 1, 0.006 |
| Avoidance |
53.7 |
44.8 |
68.3 |
5.66, 1, 0.017 |
| Trouble paying attention |
52.8 |
44.8 |
65.9 |
4.53, 1, 0.033 |
| Nervous or 'jumpy' |
45.4 |
37.3 |
58.5 |
4.62, 1, 0.032 |
| Dreaming, vivid memory about disaster |
42.6 |
25.4 |
70.7 |
21.4, 1, 0.000 |
| Anhedonia, lack of interest |
41.7 |
31.3 |
58.5 |
7.74, 1, 0.005 |
| Guilt feeling, feeling bad about self |
37.0 |
28.4 |
41.2 |
5.7, 1, 0.017 |
| Feel tense |
36.1 |
28.4 |
48.8 |
4.59, 1, 0.03 |
| Feel grouchy or annoyed |
35.2 |
25.4 |
51.2 |
7.45, 1, 0.006 |
| No strong feeling about things |
35.2 |
26.9 |
48.8 |
5.36, 1, 0.02 |
| Trouble making up mind |
32.4 |
22.4 |
48.8 |
8.09, 1, 0.004 |
| Less interested in hobbies or friends |
30.6 |
23.9 |
41.5 |
3.71, 1, 0.054* |
| Tiredness most of the time |
30.6 |
17.9 |
51.2 |
13.29, 1, 0.000 |
| Trouble sleeping |
29.6 |
20.9 |
43.9 |
6.45, 1, 0.011 |
| Worrying most days |
23.1 |
7.5 |
48.8 |
24.4, 1, 0.000 |
| Death wish, self harm or suicidal ideas |
21.3 |
11.9 |
36.6 |
9.21, 1, 0.002 |
| Trouble sleeping in past month |
19.4 |
10.4 |
34.1 |
9.12, 1, 0.003 |
| Trauma related symptoms upset or cause problem |
15.7 |
6.0 |
31.7 |
12.7, 1, 0.000 |
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Figures indicate percentages of adolescents presenting the symptom. *approaching significance | ||||
Kar and Bastia Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2006 2:17 doi:10.1186/1745-0179-2-17 |
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