Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories within the first year following emergency department admissions : pooled results from the International Consortium to predict PTSD

BACKGROUND: Research exploring the longitudinal course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms has documented four modal trajectories (low, remitting, high, and delayed), with proportions varying across studies. Heterogeneity could be due to differences in trauma types and patient demographic characteristics.

METHODS: This analysis pooled data from six longitudinal studies of adult survivors of civilian-related injuries admitted to general hospital emergency departments (EDs) in six countries (pooled N = 3083). Each study included at least three assessments of the clinician-administered PTSD scale in the first post-trauma year. Latent class growth analysis determined the proportion of participants exhibiting various PTSD symptom trajectories within and across the datasets. Multinomial logistic regression analyses examined demographic characteristics, type of event leading to the injury, and trauma history as predictors of trajectories differentiated by their initial severity and course.

RESULTS: Five trajectories were found across the datasets: Low (64.5%), Remitting (16.9%), Moderate (6.7%), High (6.5%), and Delayed (5.5%). Female gender, non-white race, prior interpersonal trauma, and assaultive injuries were associated with increased risk for initial PTSD reactions. Female gender and assaultive injuries were associated with risk for membership in the Delayed (v. Low) trajectory, and lower education, prior interpersonal trauma, and assaultive injuries with risk for membership in the High (v. Remitting) trajectory.

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that over 30% of civilian-related injury survivors admitted to EDs experience moderate-to-high levels of PTSD symptoms within the first post-trauma year, with those reporting assaultive violence at increased risk of both immediate and longer-term symptoms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Psychological medicine - 51(2021), 7 vom: 11. Mai, Seite 1129-1139

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lowe, Sarah R [VerfasserIn]
Ratanatharathorn, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Betty S [VerfasserIn]
van der Mei, Willem [VerfasserIn]
Barbano, Anna C [VerfasserIn]
Bryant, Richard A [VerfasserIn]
Delahanty, Douglas L [VerfasserIn]
Matsuoka, Yutaka J [VerfasserIn]
Olff, Miranda [VerfasserIn]
Schnyder, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
Laska, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Koenen, Karestan C [VerfasserIn]
Shalev, Arieh Y [VerfasserIn]
Kessler, Ronald C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Latent class growth analysis
Posttraumatic stress
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Resilience
Traumatic injuries

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Date Completed 30.11.2021

Date Revised 24.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0033291719004008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306042118