Volume 11, Number 8—August 2005
Dispatch
Posttraumatic Stress after SARS
Kitty K. Wu*
, Sumee K. Chan†, and Tracy M. Ma‡
, Sumee K. Chan†, and Tracy M. Ma‡
Table 1
Results obtained for predictors with significant group difference in IES-R and HADS subscales (N = 131)*
| IES-R intrusion |
IES-R avoidance |
IES-R hyperarousal |
HADS anxiety |
HADS depression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | F | M (SD) | F | M (SD) | F | M (SD) | F | M (SD) | F | |
| History of psychiatric consultation | ||||||||||
| Yes (n = 4) | 2.31 (0.80) | 17.24§ | 1.71 (0.084) | 5.73‡ | 2.33 (0.80) | 18.70§ | 11.50 (4.12) | 8.61‡ | 9.50 (5.25) | 4.21† |
| No (n = 127) | 0.86 (0.68) | 0.84 (0.70) | 0.80 (0.68) | 5.00 (4.36) | 5.03 (4.25) | |||||
| Healthcare worker | ||||||||||
| Yes (n = 4) | 1.28 (0.89) | 4.26† | 1.16 (0.73) | 2.43 | 1.35 (0.77) | 7.61‡ | 7.14 (4.94) | 2.99 | 6.85 (4.12) | 2.39 |
| No (n = 127) | 0.86 (0.69) | 0.84 (0.72) | 0.79 (0.71) | 4.96 (4.39) | 4.97 (4.33) | |||||
| Know someone to have SARS | ||||||||||
| Yes (n = 4) | 1.01 (0.66) | 2.09 | 1.00 (0.75) | 2.98 | 0.96 (0.75) | 2.42 | 6.07 (3.93) | 3.89 | 6.12 (4.24) | 4.96† |
| No (n = 127) |
0.83 (0.76) |
0.77 (0.70) |
0.76 (0.72) |
4.52 (4.78) |
4.44 (4.28) |
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| *IES-R, Impact of Event Scale – Revised; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. †p<0.05. ‡p<0.01. §p<0.001. | ||||||||||
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