Sex differences in DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms expression using item response theory: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether there are systematic sex differences in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom expression remains debated. Using methods based on item response theory (IRT), we aimed at examining differences in the likelihood of reporting DSM-IV symptoms of PTSD between women and men, while stratifying for major trauma type and equating for PTSD severity.

Method

We compared data from women and men in a large nationally representative adult sample, the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Analyses were conducted in the full population sample of individuals who met the DSM-IV criterion A (n=23,860) and in subsamples according to trauma types.

Results

The clinical presentation of the 17 DSM-IV PTSD symptoms in the general population d

SUBMITTER: Rivollier F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4587310 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature