Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in a 16-month COVID-19 pandemic period.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 pandemic presents an unheralded opportunity to better understand trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms across a prolonged period of social disruption and stress. We tracked PTSD symptoms among trauma-exposed individuals in the United States and sought to identify population-based variability in PTSD symptom trajectories and understand what, if any, early pandemic experiences predicted membership in one trajectory versus others. As part of a longitudinal study of U.S. residents during the pandemic, participants who reported at least one potentially traumatic experience in their lifetime (N = 1,206) at Wave 1 (April 2020) were included in the current study. PTSD symptoms were assessed using the PCL-5 at four time points extending to July 2021. Latent growth m

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Castro T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9880687 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature