Do trauma type, stressful life events, and social support explain women veterans' high prevalence of PTSD?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine factors that account for women veterans' higher prevalence of past-year DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to women civilians and men veterans.

Methods

Cross-sectional analyses of the 2012-2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC-III). Face-to-face interviews with 379 women veterans, 20,007 women civilians, and 2740 men veterans were conducted. Trauma type (child abuse, interpersonal violence, combat or war zone, and other), number of trauma types, past-year stressful life events, current social support, and DSM-5 PTSD were assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule-5. Generalized linear models were used that accounted for the complex survey design.

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SUBMITTER: Lehavot K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6521967 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature