Black-white disparities in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Non-Latino blacks experience a higher proportion of chronic illness and associated disabilities than non-Latino whites. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with a greater risk of chronic illness, although few studies have investigated whether the interaction of PTSD with racial disparities may lead to a greater risk of chronic illness among blacks with PTSD than among whites with PTSD.

Methods

We evaluated data from the population-based National Survey of American Life and the National Comorbidity Survey Replication to investigate the association between race, lifetime PTSD and self-reported chronic illness. Weighted linear and Poisson regression models assessed differences in the magnitude of association between PTSD and chronic illness by race on b

SUBMITTER: Nobles CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4879687 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature