tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Risk and resiliency factors in posttraumatic stress disorder"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Risk and resiliency factors in posttraumatic stress disorder. | Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry Primary Research Risk and resiliency factors in posttraumatic stress disorder Marcia A Voges1 and David M Romney 2 BioMed Central Open Access Address department of Psychology University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada T2N 1N4 and division of Applied Psychology University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada T2N 1N4 Email Marcia AVoges - mavoges@ David M Romney - romney@ Corresponding author Published I May 2003 Received 16 December 2002 Accepted 1 May 2003 Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2003 2 4 This article is available from http content 2 1 4 2003 Voges and Romney licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background Not everyone who experiences a trauma develops posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD . The aim of this study was to determine the risk and resiliency factors for this disorder in a sample of people exposed to trauma. Method Twenty-five people who had developed PTSD following a trauma and 27 people who had not were asked to complete the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. In addition they completed a questionnaire to provide information autobiographic and other information. Analysis Five variables that discriminated significantly between the two groups using chi-square analysis or t-tests were entered into a logistic regression equation as predictors namely being female perceiving a threat to one s life having a history of sexual abuse talking to someone about the event and the intentionality of the trauma. Results Only being female and perceiving a threat to one s life were significant predictors of PTSD. Taking base rates into account of participants with PTSD were .