Racial/ethnic differences in acute and longer-term posttraumatic symptoms following traumatic injury or illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial/ethnic differences in mental health outcomes after a traumatic event have been reported. Less is known about factors that explain these differences. We examined whether pre-, peri-, and post-trauma risk factors explained racial/ethnic differences in acute and longer-term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms in patients hospitalized following traumatic injury or illness.

Methods

PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms were assessed during hospitalization and 2 and 6 months later among 1310 adult patients (6.95% Asian, 14.96% Latinx, 23.66% Black, 4.58% multiracial, and 49.85% White). Individual growth curve models examined racial/ethnic differences in PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms at each time point and in their rate

SUBMITTER: Cruz-Gonzalez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884321 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature