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Finding
decline
Overall 6.7% of tornado-exposed adolescents met full DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for PTSD since the tornado, with approximately one-third meeting re-experiencing and hyperarousal criteria and one-tenth meeting avoidance criteria.
| Effect size | 6.7% |
| Comparator | General adolescent population (no formal control; prevalence benchmark) |
| Effect summary | decline; 6.7% |
| Effect modifiers | [{"modifier": "gender", "interaction_p": "p=.07", "direction": "null", "stratum_details": "Girls 7.7% vs Boys 5.6% for full PTSD diagnosis (chi2=3.33, p=.07, NS). Girls significantly higher on all three symptom clusters: Criterion B (39.0% vs 31.5%, p<.001), Criterion C (11.7% vs 9.0%, p=.04), Criterion D (31.1% vs 24.0%, p<.001).", "plain_language": "Girls trended toward higher PTSD rates but the difference was not statistically significant for the full diagnosis, though girls had significantly more individual PTSD symptoms.", "annotation_notes": ""}, {"modifier": "age group", "interaction_p": "p=.14", "direction": "null", "stratum_details": "12-13yr: 5.2%, 14-15yr: 6.7%, 16-17yr: 7.9% (chi2=3.97, df=2, p=.14, NS). 12-13 year-olds significantly lower on Criterion B (29.6% vs 38.1-38.2%, chi2=14.17, p=.001).", "plain_language": "Age did not significantly affect overall PTSD rates, though younger teens (12-13) had fewer re-experiencing symptoms.", "annotation_notes": ""}] |
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Source
PMC4133357
Prevalence and predictors of PTSD and depression among adolescent victims of the Spring 2011 tornado outbreak