Table 2: Dissociative disorder prevalence studies in the community (DDIS: dissociative disorders interview schedule, SCID-D: structured clinical interview for dissociative disorders).

Study Number of subjects Diagnostic instrument Cutoff on DES Dissociative identity disorder All dissociative disorders DES Score Mean SD Akyüz et al. [37] 994 DDIS 17 0.4(a) 1.7%(a) 6.7 6.1 6.2% Sar et al. [38] 628 DDIS — 1.1 18.3% — — — Johnson et al. [39] 658 SCID-D — 1.5 8.6% — — — Ross [36] 454 DDIS — 3.1 11.2% 10.8 — —

(a)Clinically confirmed diagnosis, only 25.% of the selected subjects examined. (b)Percentage of patients with a dissociative experiences scale (DES) score above cutoff point.