Review Article
Epidemiology of Dissociative Disorders: An Overview
Table 3
Dissociative disorder prevalence studies in special populations (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 | > |
| | Substance Dependents | | | | | | | | | | Ross et al. [48] | 100 | — | — | — | 39.0% | — | — | — | | Dunn et al. [49] | 100 | — | — | — | 15.0% | — | — | — | | Karadag et al. [45] | 215 | SCID-D | 30 | 2.8% | 17.2% | 24.5% | 17.5 | 36.7% | | Schäfer et al. [51] | 459 | — | — | — | — | 12.3% | 10.7 | — | | Women in Prostitution | | | | | | | | | | Ross et al. [52] | 20 | DDIS | — | 5.0% | 55.0% | 13.2 | — | — | | Yargic et al. [53] | 50 | DDIS | — | 18.0% | — | 19.5 | — | — | | Cooper [54] | 33 | — | — | — | — | 32.6 | — | — | | Farley and Kelly [55] | 37 | — | 30 | — | — | 24.1 | — | 22.0% | | Exotic dancers | | | | | | | | | | Ross et al. [52] | 20 | DDIS | — | 35.0% | 80.0% | 17.6 | — | — |
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(a)Percentage of patients with a dissociative experiences scale (DES) score above cutoff point.
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