Association Between Clinically Meaningful Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Improvement and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Improvement in PTSD has been associated with improved self-reported physical health and hypertension; however, there is no literature, to our knowledge, on whether PTSD improvement is associated with T2D risk.

Objective

To examine whether clinically meaningful PTSD symptom reduction is associated with lower risk of T2D.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study examined Veterans Health Affairs medical record data from 5916 patients who received PTSD specialty care between fiscal years 2008 and 2012 and were followed up through fiscal year 2015. Eligible patients had 1 or more PTSD Checklist (PCL) scores of 50 or higher between fiscal year

SUBMITTER: Scherrer JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704751 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature