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Table 3 Frequency of symptom criteria for PTSD.

From: Mental health and resiliency following 44 months of terrorism: a survey of an Israeli national representative sample

 

May 2004 study (n = 501)

April 2002 study (n = 512)

Symptoms

Symptoms endorsed, mean ± SD (range)

Respondents with ≥ 1 symptom, no. (%)

Symptoms endorsed, mean ± SD (range)

Respondents with ≥ symptom, no. (%)

Re-experiencing (B) cluster

0.6 ± 0.9 (0–4)

180 (35.9)

0.6 ± 0.9) (0–4)

189 (37.1)

Avoidance/numbing (C) cluster

1.0 ± 1.3 (0–6)

259 (51.7)

1.1 ± 1.4 (0–6)

283 (55.5)

Hyperarousal (D) cluster

1.2 ± 1.6 (0–6)

239 (47.7)

1.1 ± 1.5 (0–6)

252 (49.4)

Functional impairment

0.2 ± 0.4 (0–2)

77 (15.4)

0.3 ± 0.5(0–2)

116 (22.8)

General distress

0.4 ± 0.5 (0–1)

221 (44.1)

0.5 ± 0.5 (0–1)

236 (46.3)

Dissociative cluster

0.4 ± 0.8 (0–4)

136 (27.1)

0.4 ± 0.8 (0–4)

138 (26.9)

Total number of TSRS symptoms

5.0 ± 4.5 (0–23)

429 (85.6)

4.0 ± 4.5 (0–23)

391 (76.7)

Met symptom criteria for PTSD

n = 45 (9%)

 

n = 48 (9.4%)

 

TS resiliency

n = 72 (14.4%)

 

n = 121 (23.3%)

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