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Table 1 Sociodemographic, trauma, and outcome characteristics

From: Challenges in recruiting and retaining adolescents with abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Study population

p value

All (N = 88)

Respondents (n = 51a)

Non-Respondents (n = 37)

Female, No. (%)

75 (85.2)

46 (90.2)

29 (78.4)

0.12b

Age in years, M (SD)

18.12 (2.24)

17.96 (2.21)

18.34 (2.29)

0.44c

Immigration background, No. (%)

23 (26.1)

13 (25.5)

10 (27.0)

0.87b

Out-of-home placement or institutional care, No. (%)

25 (28.4)

14 (27.5)

11 (29.7)

0.82b

Support by youth welfare services, No. (%)

21 (23.9)

7 (13.7)

14 (37.8)

0.01b*

Occupation status, No. (%)

 Employed

3 (3.4)

2 (3.9)

1 (2.7)

1.00d

 Unemployed

8 (9.1)

4 (7.8)

4 (10.8)

0.63b

 In training/education

72 (81.8)

44 (86.3)

28 (75.7)

0.20b

 Other

5 (5.7)

1 (2.0)

4 (10.8)

0.16d

History of sexual abuse, No. (%)

70 (77.8)

39 (73.6)

31 (83.8)

0.40b

History of physical abuse, No. (%)

72 (80.0)

43 (81.1)

29 (78.4)

0.48b

Randomized into D-CPT, No. (%)

44 (50.0)

24 (47.1)

20 (54.1)

0.52b

 Study site Berlin

13 (29.5)

8 (33.3)

5 (25.0)

0.55b

 Study site Frankfurt

17 (38.6)

8 (33.3)

9 (45.0)

0.43b

 Study site Ingolstadt

14 (31.8)

8 (33.3)

6 (30.0)

0.81b

Interviewer-rated PTSD at baseline, CAPS-CAe, M (SD)

65.57 (22.13)

63.37 (20.27)

68.59 (24.42)

0.27c

Change of interviewer-rated PTSD from baseline to 3-month follow-up, CAPS-CAfg, M (SD)

28.55 (25.22)

28.73 (25.13)

28.15 (26.08)

0.93c

Comorbid DSM-IV disorders at baselineh, No (%)

 0

18 (20.5)

13 (25.5)

5 (13.5)

0.17b

 1 or 2

41 (46.6)

21 (41.2)

20 (54.1)

0.23b

 ≥ 3

29 (33.0)

17 (33.3)

12 (32.4)

0.93b

Comorbid DSM-IV disorders at 3-month follow-uphi, no (%)

 0

21 (23.9)

17 (33.3)

4 (10.8)

0.17b

 1 or 2

27 (30.7)

18 (35.3)

9 (24.3)

0.66b

 ≥ 3

18 (20.5)

11 (21.6)

7 (18.9)

0.35b

  1. CAPS-CA Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents, D-CPT developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy, DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder
  2. * p < 0.05
  3. aOverall number of respondents was n = 53, but for n = 2 respondents no additional study characteristics could be obtained. bCalculated from 2-sided Pearson χ2 test. cCalculated from 2-sided unpaired t test. dCalculated from 2-sided Fisher’s exact test. eScores range from 0 to 136, with higher scores indicating greater severity of symptoms. fN = 65 at 3-month follow up, with nrespondents = 45 and nnon-respondents = 20. gChange scores range from 0 to 136, with higher change scores indicating greater reduction of symptoms. hIncludes nicotine dependence and borderline personality disorder. iN = 66 at 3-month follow up, with nrespondents = 46 and nnon-respondents = 20
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

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