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Table 9 Coping strategies according to PTSD status

From: Post traumatic stress disorder and coping strategies among adult survivors of earthquake, Nepal

PTSD status

Coping strategies (mean scores)

RC

PC

AC

SC

SDC

SUC

Present

2.73

2.33

2.70

2.61

2.65

1.86

Absent

2.24

1.50

2.98

2.72

1.93

1.46

p-value

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

0.135

0.006*

< 0.0001*

  1. Higher score indicates higher coping mechanism
  2. RC Religious coping, PC Passive coping, AC Active coping, SC Social coping, SDC Self Distraction Coping, SUC Substance Use Coping
  3. *p significant at ≤0.05 level of significance
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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