Skip to main content

Table 1 Responses to Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5) questions, overall and by study setting

From: Symptoms of post-traumatic stress and associations with sexual behaviour and PrEP preferences among young people in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe

Question

Cape Town (n = 239)

Johannesburg (n = 200)

Entebbe (n = 491)

Chitungwiza (n = 400)

Total (n = 1330)

Have you ever experienced a traumatic event?

   

 No

95 (40%)

95 (48%)

243 (49%)

244 (61%)

677 (51%)

 Yes

144 (60%)

105 (53%)

248 (51%)

156 (39%)

653 (49%)

In the past month, have you experienced nightmares about the event?a

   

 No

68 (47%)

60 (57%)

144 (58%)

79 (51%)

351 (54%)

 Yes

76 (53%)

45 (43%)

105 (42%)

77 (49%)

302 (46%)

In the past month, have you tried hard not to think about the event or avoided situations that remind you of the event?a

 

 No

41 (28%)

40 (38%)

126 (51%)

54 (35%)

261 (40%)

 Yes

103 (72%)

65 (62%)

122 (49%)

102 (65%)

392 (60%)

In the past month, have you been constant on guard, watchful or easily startled?a

   

 No

94 (65%)

63 (60%)

159 (64%)

107 (69%)

423 (65%)

 Yes

50 (35%)

42 (40%)

89 (36%)

49 (31%)

230 (35%)

In the past month, have you felt numb or detached from people, activities or your surroundings?a

  

 No

79 (55%)

57 (54%)

192 (77%)

96 (62%)

424 (65%)

 Yes

65 (45%)

48 (46%)

56 (23%)

60 (38%)

229 (35%)

In the past month, have you felt guilty or unable to stop blaming yourself or others for the event?a

 No

88 (61%)

63 (60%)

184 (74%)

99 (63%)

434 (66%)

 Yes

56 (39%)

42 (40%)

64 (26%)

57 (37%)

219 (34%)

Total scale score

     

 0

107 (45%)

111 (56%)

324 (66%)

266 (67%)

808 (61%)

 1

25 (10%)

13 (7%)

46 (9%)

24 (6%)

108 (8%)

 2

42 (18%)

29 (15%)

42 (9%)

47 (12%)

160 (12%)

 3

30 (13%)

22 (11%)

28 (6%)

32 (8%)

112 (8%)

 4

24 (10%)

20 (10%)

34 (7%)

24 (6%)

102 (8%)

 5

11 (5%)

5 (3%)

17 (3%)

7 (2%)

40 (3%)

Post-traumatic stress symptoms score, categorised

    

 PC-PTSD-5 score < 3

174 (73%)

153 (77%)

412 (84%)

337 (84%)

1076 (81%)

 PC-PTSD-5 score ≥ 3

65 (27%)

47 (24%)

79 (16%)

63 (16%)

254 (19%)

  1. aAmong those who reported ever experiencing a traumatic event
Back to article page

BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

Contact us