Posttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia in US military veterans: Prevalence, correlates, and psychiatric and functional burden.

ABSTRACT: Military veterans have high rates of psychiatric conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder, which can complicate the clinical management of insomnia. Population-based data are lacking on the prevalence, characteristics and mental health burden of veterans with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia. The current cross-sectional study analysed data from a nationally representative sample of 4069 US veterans examining the prevalence and comorbidity between posttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia, and their associations with psychiatric and medical comorbidities, suicidality, and psychosocial functioning. Results revealed that 4.0% of US veterans screened positive for posttraumatic stress disorder + insomnia, 7.4% for insomnia only, and 3.2% for posttraumatic stress

SUBMITTER: Georgescu MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624313 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature