Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of sample.
From: Neurostructural associations with traumatic experiences during child- and adulthood
Childhood [N = 77] | Adulthood [N = 78] | Analyses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PTSDchild [n = 25] | TCchild [n = 26] | HCchild [n = 26] | PTSDadult [n = 26] | TCadult [n = 26] | HCadult [n = 26] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | ||||
Demographics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sex (female) | 25 | 100 | 26 | 100 | 26 | 100 | 26 | 100 | 26 | 100 | 26 | 100 | |||||||||||||||
Age (in years) | 38.5 | 9.9 | 32.4 | 12.0 | 33.8 | 7.6 | 39.7 | 9.8 | 34.0 | 11.2 | 33.7 | 11.3 | Fgroup(1,151) = 0.08, p = 0.78 Fsample(1,151) = 0.28, p = 0.60 Fgroup×sample(1,151) = 0.18, p = 0.67 | ||||||||||||||
PTSDchild [n = 25] | PTSDadult [n = 26] | Analyses | |||||||||||
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M | SD | n | % | M | SD | n | % | X2 | T | Df | p | ||
Education | No graduation/still at school | 2 | 1 | 1.47 | 3 | 0.69 | |||||||
Junior high school [hauptschule] | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
Junior high school [realschule] | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
A-level/American SAT [Abitur] | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
Trauma | |||||||||||||
Time since trauma (in years) | 29.7 | 11.4 | 25 | 8.3 | 6.79 | 25 | 8.04 | 39.04 | <0.001 | ||||
Age at index trauma (in years) | 8.8 | 4.4 | 25 | 30.0 | 11.1 | 25 | 10.13 | 32.90 | <0.001 | ||||
Type of traumatic event (index trauma) | Total (caused voluntarily) | 25 | 100.0 | 16 | 64.0 | 8.67 | 1 | 0.003 | |||||
(1) Imprisonment | – | – | |||||||||||
(2) Physical violence | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
(3) Sexual abuse | 21 | – | |||||||||||
(4) Rape | – | 4 | |||||||||||
(5) Wartime experience | – | 5 | |||||||||||
(6) Witness of sudden death/ serious injury of so. | – | 2 | |||||||||||
(7) Other experience | – | – | |||||||||||
Total (caused involuntarily) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 36.0 | |||||||||
(1) Natural disaster | – | – | |||||||||||
(2) Fire or explosion | – | – | |||||||||||
(3) Accident | – | 7 | |||||||||||
(4) Sudden death of so. | – | 1 | |||||||||||
(5) Other experiences | – | 1 | |||||||||||
Trauma diagnostics | |||||||||||||
CAPS-4 | – | – | – | 57.0 | 18.9 | 26 | |||||||
CAPS-5 | 42.6 | 9.15 | 25 | – | – | – | |||||||
CTQ | 85.1 | 21.9 | 16 | 44.4 | 19.0 | 25 | |||||||
BSL | 2.1 | 0.7 | 25 | – | – | – | |||||||
Comorbidities | |||||||||||||
Axis I disorder | Yes/no | 23/2 | 15/11 | 6.20 | 1 | 0.013 | |||||||
Type Axis I | Major depressive disorder | 20 | 80.0 | 11 | 44.0 | ||||||||
Anxiety | 10 | 64.0 | 16 | 40.0 | |||||||||
Substance abuse/addiction | 3 | 8.0 | 2 | 12.0 | |||||||||
Other | 6 | 24.0 | 2 | 8.0 | |||||||||
Axis II disorder | Yes/no | 16/9 | 5/21 | 8.78 | 1 | 0.003 | |||||||
Borderline | 16 | – | |||||||||||
STAI-T | 62.4 | 8.6 | 25 | 54.5 | 10.8 | 25 | 2.84 | 45.44 | 0.007 | ||||
Medication | Total (yes) | 20 | 76.9 | 13 | 52.0 | 2.46 | 1 | 0.12 | |||||
Psychopharmacological | 20 | 1 | |||||||||||
Other | – | 5 | |||||||||||
Total (no) | 6 | 23.1 | 12 | 48.0 | |||||||||
