Lifetime Trauma Exposure and Arthritis in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Experiencing potentially traumatic events across one's lifecourse increases risk for poor physical health outcomes. Existing models emphasize the effects of any lifetime trauma exposure, risk accumulation (multiple traumas over time), and sensitive periods of exposure (specific exposure timepoints leading to lasting consequences). We examined how different indices of trauma exposure across the lifecourse were associated with later life arthritis, a common and debilitating health condition.

Methods

Data include 5717 Health and Retirement Study participants (age mean [standard deviation] = 65.4 [12.9] years) who reported on lifetime adversity and trauma in 2006-2008. Lifetime trauma exposure was modeled as any trauma, accumulation of traumas, and lifecourse profiles

SUBMITTER: Nishimi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11444888 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature