Table 1 Descriptive statistics
Categorical Variable | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Deployment locales | ||
 Afghanistan | 117 | 31.0 |
 Balkan States (former Yugoslovia, Kosovo, etc.) | 133 | 35.2 |
 Domestic deployment | 125 | 33.1 |
 Africa (Somalia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, etc). | 45 | 11.9 |
Education (N = 574) | ||
 Less than high school | 113 | 19.7 |
 Completed high school | 179 | 31.2 |
 Some college/university | 159 | 27.7 |
 Completed college/university | 123 | 21.4 |
Marital status (N = 574) | ||
 Married/living with partner | 325 | 56.6 |
 Divorced/separated | 125 | 21.8 |
 Single (never married) | 109 | 19.0 |
 Widowed | 15 | 2.6 |
Sleep Disturbances (N = 588) | ||
 Not at all/ a little bit | 188 | 32.0 |
 Moderately/quite a bit/extremely | 400 | 68.0 |
Nightmares (N = 585) | ||
 Not at all/a little bit | 69 | 11.8 |
 Moderately/quite a bit/extremely | 516 | 88.2 |
Suicidal Ideation (N = 529) | ||
 Not at all | 290 | 54.8 |
 Some days | 151 | 28.6 |
 More than half the days/nearly every day | 88 | 16.6 |
PCL-M criteria met for probable PTSD (score > = 50; N = 554) | 402 | 72.6 |
PHQ-9 criteria met for probable MDD (score > =10; N = 522) | 413 | 79.1 |
Measure | Mean | SD |
 PCL-M | 57.71 | 14.78 |
 PHQ-9 | 15.85 | 6.60 |
 GAD | 10.06 | 3.40 |
 AUDIT | 8.06 | 8.09 |