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Table 3 Number and percent of participants with PTSD diagnoses and symptoms compared to APCTSS scores

From: Development and pilot testing of a five item traumatic stress screener for use with adolescents in pediatric primary care

APCTSS score

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Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

N (%)

All Participants by APCTSS Score

53 (29.8%)

45 (25.3%)

24 (13.5%)

20 (11.2%)

16 (9.0%)

20 (11.2%)

 

178 (100%)

Participants without post-event or post-trauma impairing symptoms by APCTSS Score

41 of 53 (77.3%)

25 of 45 (55.6%)

8 of 24 (33.3%)

5 of 20 (25.0%)

2 of 16 (12.5%)

1 of 20 (5.0%)

 

82 (46.1%)

Participants with PTSD, subsyndromal PTSD, or post-event impairing symptoms (non-Criterion A event) by APCTSS Score

12 of 53 (22.6%)

20 of 45 (44.4%)

16 of 24 (66.7%)

15 of 20 (75.0%)

14 of 16 (87.5%)

19 of 20 (95.0%)

 

96 (53.9%)

Participants with probable PTSD by APCTSS score

4 of 12 (7.6%)

7 of 20 (15.6%)

9 of 16 (37.5%)

10 of 15 (50.0%)

7 of 14 (43.8%)

16 of 19 (80.0%)

 

53 (29.8%)

Participants with probable subsyndromal PTSD by APCTSS Score

0 of 12 (0%)

3 of 20 (6.67%)

3 of 16 (12.5%)

2 of 15 (10%)

2 of 14 (12.5%)

2 of 19 (10%)

 

12 (6.7%)

Participants with post-event impairing symptoms (non-Criterion A event) by APCTSS Score

8 of 12 (15.1%)

10 of 20 (22.2%)

4 of 16 (16.7%)

3 of 15 (15.0%)

5 of 14 (31.3%)

1 of 19 (5%)

 

31 (17.4%)

  1. APCTSS Adolescent Primary Care Traumatic Stress Scale, PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder