Prevalence of Life Stressors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Women in Iceland.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Comprehensive data on the prevalence of various life stressors and their role in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among women are lacking.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of a broad range of life stressors and their association with PTSD in a large nationally representative cohort of women.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional analysis used data from the population-based Stress-And-Gene-Analysis, which invited women in Iceland to complete an online survey from March 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019. Participants were a nationally representative sample of women 18 to 69 years of age. This analysis was conducted from January 21, 2022, to September 13, 2024.

Exposures

History of 23 life stressors assessed with the Life Events Checkli

SUBMITTER: Thordardottir EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624579 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature