Table 3 Psychiatric diagnoses and ratings on self-report scales of former political detainees and comparison subjects
| Â | Political detainees (n = 59) | Control subjects (n = 39) | Analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical condition | n | % | n | % | χ2 | p |
PTSD, current | 18 | 30.5 | 1 | 2.6 | 11.7 | < .001 |
PTSD, lifetime | 32 | 54.2 | 3 | 8.3 | 22.2 | < .001 |
Major depression (current) | 16 | 27.2 | 5 | 12.8 | 2.9 | <.1 |
Dissociative disorders | 20 | 33.9 | 4 | 10.3 | 7.1 | < .01 |
Somatization symptoms | 28 | 47.5 | 7 | 17.9 | 8.9 | < .01 |
Substance abuse | 22 | 37.2 | 5 | 12.8 | 7.0 | < .01 |
Self-rating scale | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p |
Beck Depression Inventory | 12.5 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 2.4 | < .05 |
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory | 84.1 | 15.8 | 78.7 | 14.9 | 1.7 | n.s. |
   State anxiety | 41.3 | 10.2 | 37.0 | 8.8 | 2.1 | < .05 |
   Trait Anxiety | 42.9 | 7.2 | 41.7 | 7.3 | 0.8 | n.s. |
PCS (SF-12) | 38.7 | 10.5 | 36.5 | 9.7 | 1.0 | n.s. |
MCS (SF-12) | 46.1 | 11.9 | 44.0 | 12.5 | 0.8 | n.s. |