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Table 1 Demographic information and self-rating scores for patient and control groups

From: Attentional bias for trauma-related words: exaggerated emotional Stroop effect in Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans with PTSD

 

PTSD patients

Military controls

Civilian controls

(n=30)

(n=30)

(n=30)

Age (yrs)

32.3 ± 7.9 (24–51)

33.6 ± 8.3 (23–48)

32.2 ± 8.3 (20–49)

Education (yrs)

13.1 ± 1.5 (***) (8–16)

14.6 ± 1.7 (12–18)

14.8 ± 1.8 (12–20)

Handedness

27 R, 2 L, 1 ambi

26 R, 4 L

29 R, 1 ambi

Deployed (n)

30

19

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Combat (n)

30

8

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BDI

19.9 ± 9.3 (***)

5.5 ± 7.0

3.0 ± 3.16

PCL

57.7 ± 11.9 (***)

26.5 ± 10.9

26.0 ± 9.72

RTs (ms)

725.9 ± 17.04 (***)

604.4 ± 8.19

599.0 ± 9.45

  1. Note. The mean ± standard deviation and range are given for age and education; the mean ± standard deviation for the BDI and PCL; and the mean ± standard error for reaction times. ***=significantly different from control groups at p<.001; R=right, L=left, ambi=ambidextrous; LOC=loss of consciousness (of 30 patients with mTBI, 21 had LOC, 5 did not, and 4 were not sure whether they had LOC); PCL=PTSD checklist; BDI=Beck Depression Inventory; RTs=reaction times.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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