Table 1 Participants' characteristics and comparison of scores across QoL domains
From: Quality of life of Croatian veterans' wives and veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
PTSD veterans (N = 164) | PTSD veterans' wives (N = 281) | Women (N = 115) | Men without PTSD (N = 223) | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age; median (Q1-Q3) | 44 (40–48) | 48 (42–53) | 45 (33–56) | 39 (35–44) | <0.001 | ||||
Education; N (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
None | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (1.3) | |
Primary | 12 | (7.3) | 46 | (16.4) | 9 | (7.8) | 6 | (2.7) | |
Secondary | 135 | (82.3) | 184 | (65.5) | 80 | (69.6) | 151 | (67.7) | |
Tertiary | 17 | (10.4) | 51 | (18.1) | 26 | (22.6) | 63 | (28.3) | |
Marital status; N (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
Single | 21 | (12.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 21 | (18.3) | 44 | (19.7) | |
Married | 130 | (79.3) | 273 | (97.2) | 73 | (63.5) | 169 | (75.8) | |
Living as married | 4 | (2.4) | 2 | (0.7) | 4 | (3.5) | 4 | (1.8) | |
Separated | 8 | (4.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (1.7) | 5 | (2.2) | |
Divorced | 1 | (0.6) | 3 | (1.1) | 10 | (8.7) | 1 | (0.4) | |
Widowed | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (1.1) | 5 | (4.3) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Primary/Comorbid diagnosis; N (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
None | 24 | (14.6) | 254 | (90.4) | 104 | (90.4) | 221 | (99.1) | |
Affective disorders | 47 | (28.7) | 21 | (7.5) | 5 | (4.3) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Anxiety disorders | 58 | (35.4) | 5 | (1.8) | 6 | (5.2) | 2 | (0.9) | |
Psychotic disorders | 32 | (19.5) | 1 | (0.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Personality disorders | 3 | (1.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Combat experience; N (%) | 164 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 160 | (71.7) | <0.001 |
Currently ill; N (%) | 140 | (85.4) | 90 | (32.3) | 28 | (24.3) | 6 | (2.7) | <0.001 |
WHOQOL-BREF scores; median (Q1-Q3) | |||||||||
Overall QoL | 3 (2–3) | 3 (3–4) | 4 (3–4) | 4 (4–4) | <0.001 | ||||
General health | 2 (1–3) | 3 (3–4) | 4 (3–4) | 4 (4–5) | <0.001 | ||||
Physical health | 38 (25–50) | 63 (44–75) | 69 (56–81) | 88 (81–94) | <0.001 | ||||
Psychological health | 38 (25–50) | 63 (50–69) | 69 (56–81) | 81 (75–94) | <0.001 | ||||
Social | 50 (31–63) | 69 (50–75) | 75 (56–81) | 81 (75–94) | <0.001 | ||||
Environmental | 56 (44–69) | 56 (44–63) | 69 (56–75) | 75 (69–88) | <0.001 | ||||