A psychometric evaluation of the National Stressful Events Survey for PTSD-Short Scale (NSESSS-PTSD) among Korean psychiatric outpatients

Figures & data

Table 1. General characteristics of participants with PTSD (n = 100) and other psychiatric disorders (n = 134).

Variables	PTSD	others	statistics	p value
	N (%)	N (%)	χ^2	p
Sex Male Women	38 (38.0) 62 (62.0)	64 (47.8) 70 (52.2)	2.22	.136
Marital status Married Never been married Divorced or widowed	48 (48.0) 41 (41.0) 11 (11.0)	77 (58.3) 36 (27.3) 19 (14.4)	4.87	.088
Employment Employed Unemployed Students housekeepers	47 (47.0) 27 (27.0) 13 (13.0) 13 (13.0)	63 (48.5) 24 (18.5) 12 (9.2) 31 (23.8)	6.10	.107
Education Below high school High school graduate University or more	13 (13.0) 51 (51.0) 36 (36.0)	22 (16.9) 63 (48.5) 45 (34.6)	.72	.699
Annual Income (US dollars) <20000 20000–39999 40000–59999 >60000	38 (38.0) 29 (29.0) 21 (21.0) 12 (15.4)	34 (27.4) 37 (29.8) 29 (23.4) 24 (19.4)	3.95	.267
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	U	p
Age	39.1(14.5)	44.6 (14.9)	8059.0	.008
NESESSS	24.5 (7.1)	7.6 (5.8)	649.0	< .001
PCL-5	50.9 (17.0)	33.6 (20.5)	635.5	< .001
BDI-II	33.5 (11.9)	18.0 (8.4)	1946.5	< .001
BAI	32.0 (13.8)	16.1 (11.7)	2517.5	< .001

BAI: Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; NSESSS: National Stressful Events Survey PTSD Short Scale; PCL-5 PTSD checklist (PCL)-5; U: Mann-Whitney U.

Owing to missing data, the total sum of subjects may differ by variables.

Figure 1. The ROC curve of the NSESSS-PTSD scale scores against PTSD diagnosis. Note. NSESSS-PTSD: National Stressful Events Survey PTSD Short Scale.

Data availability statement

Data available on request from the authors.