Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Educational Achievement in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with impaired educational performance. Previous studies on the disorder could not control for important measured and unmeasured confounders.

Objective

To prospectively investigate the association between PTSD and objective indicators of educational attainment across the life span, controlling for familial factors shared by full siblings, psychiatric comorbidity, and general cognitive ability.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study included 2 244 193 individuals born in Sweden between January 1, 1973, and December 31, 1997, who were followed-up until December 31, 2013. Clusters of full siblings were used to account for familial factors. Data analyses were conducted between

SUBMITTER: Vilaplana-Perez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7724559 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature