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Table 2 Proportion of PTSD by participants’ characteristics

From: Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China

Variables

N. of participants

Probable PTSD cases

Rate (%)

p value

Overall

684

63

9.2

 

Gender

   

0.002*

 Male

288

15

5.2

 

 Female

396

48

12.1

 

Marital status

   

0.588

 Single/divorced/widowed

176

18

10.2

 

 Married

508

45

8.9

 

Age (years)

   

<0.001*

 18-35

129

1

0.8

 

 36-59

300

29

9.7

 

 ≥60

255

33

12.9

 

Education level

   

0.001*

 Less than high school

566

62

11.0

 

 > = High school

118

1

0.8

 

Occupation

   

<0.001*

 Farmer

492

60

12.2

 

 Non-farmer

192

3

1.6

 

Ethnicity

   

0.209

 Han

377

30

8.0

 

 Qiang

307

33

10.7

 

Property loss

   

0.443

 Less(<10000 RMB/ 6135 USD)

110

8

7.3

 

 Large(> = 10000 RMB/ 6135 USD)

574

55

9.6

 

Family member died

   

0.025*

 No

426

31

7.3

 

 Yes

258

32

12.4

 

Family member injured

   

0.822

 No

602

56

9.3

 

 Yes

82

7

8.5

 

Injury to self

   

0.232

 No

659

59

9.0

 

 Yes

25

4

16.0

 
  1. PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
  2. *P < = 0.05.