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Table 3 Physical Functioning and PTSD Treatment Initiation within 6 Months.a

From: Physical functioning and mental health treatment initiation and retention for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a prospective cohort study

A. Limitations in Physical Functioning

 

Model 1, OR (95 % CI)

Model 2, OR (95 % CI)

 

Medication Only

Therapy Only

Both

Medication Only

Therapy Only

Both

PTSD symptoms (PCL-M)

1.04

(1.03, 1.04)

1.02

(1.02, 1.03)

1.06

(1.05, 1.06)

1.04

(1.03, 1.04)

1.02

(1.02, 1.03)

1.06

(1.05, 1.06)

Physical functioningb:

Limited a little

1.04

(0.85, 1.28)

0.82

(0.68, 0.97)

1.03

(0.85, 1.25)

1.06

(0.77, 1.47)

0.84

(0.70, 1.00)

1.06

(0.87, 1.29)

Limited a lot

1.07

(0.86, 1.34)

0.74

(0.61, 0.90)

0.95

(0.78, 1.17)

1.14

(0.91, 1.43)

0.81

(0.66, 0.99)

1.03

(0.83, 1.27)

# Chronic physical health conditionsc:

1

0.58

(0.48, 0.71)

0.43

(0.36, 0.52)

0.49

(0.41, 0.59)

2+

0.53

(0.41, 0.67)

0.37

(0.29, 0.46)

0.41

(0.33, 0.52)

B. Role Limitations Due to Physical Health

 

Model 1, OR (95 % CI)

Model 2, OR (95 % CI)

Medication Only

Therapy Only

Both

Medication Only

Therapy Only

Both

PTSD symptoms (PCL-M)

1.03

(1.03, 1.04)

1.02

(1.02, 1.03)

1.06

(1.05, 1.06)

1.03

(1.03, 1.04)

1.02

(1.02, 1.03)

1.06

(1.05, 1.06)

Role limitationsd:

A little or some of the time

1.31

(0.96, 1.80)

0.99

(0.78, 1.28)

1.38

(1.03, 1.86)

1.33

(0.97, 1.82)

1.01

(0.79, 1.30)

1.40

(1.04, 1.89)

Most or all of the time

1.29

(0.94, 1.79)

0.82

(0.63, 1.06)

1.18

(0.87, 1.60)

1.34

(0.97, 1.85)

0.86

(0.66, 1.12)

1.23

(0.90, 1.66)

# Chronic physical health conditionsc:

1

0.58

(0.48, 0.71)

0.43

(0.36, 0.52)

0.49

(0.41, 0.59)

2+

0.53

(0.42, 0.67)

0.37

(0.29, 0.46)

0.41

(0.33, 0.52)

  1. CI confidence interval; OR odds ratio; PCL-M PTSD Checklist Military version; PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  2. a All multinomial models evaluated the odds of initiating specific treatments (medications, psychotherapy, or both), with the reference as not initiating any treatment with 6 months. All models also included age, sex, race and ethnicity covariates, as determined by VA administrative data. OR in bold had p < 0.05
  3. b Reference is No limitations.
  4. c Reference is 0 (none).
  5. d Reference is None of the time.