Injury characteristics of patients appropriate for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening
| Characteristics | Percent (n) |
| Appropriate for PTSD screening** | |
| No | 68.9 (1789) |
| Yes | 31.1 (809) |
| Injury type | |
| Blunt | 84.4 (683) |
| Penetrating | 13.6 (110) |
| Burn | 1.7 (14) |
| Other/unknown | 0.3 (2) |
| Injury Severity Score (ISS) | |
| Minor (ISS 1–8) | 47.4 (384) |
| Moderate (ISS 9–15) | 22.5 (182) |
| Moderate/severe (ISS 16–24) | 10.6 (86) |
| Severe/critical (>24) | 10.8 (87) |
| Unknown | 8.7 (70) |
*Patients were deemed appropriate for PTSD screening based on their alertness (Glasgow Coma Scale score >13) and duration of admission (length of stay >2 days).