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15462536

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
We hypothesized that PTSD symptomatology would have an inverse relationship with functional status and would vary as a function of sociodemographic variables. Primary care patients (N = 513) at two VA Medical Centers were randomly selected and recruited to participate. After adjustment for other demographic variables, PTSD symptom levels were significantly related to age (younger patients had more severe symptoms), employment status (disabled persons had higher symptom levels), war zone experience, and clinic location. PTSD symptomatology was inversely related to mental and physical functioning, even after control for potential confounding. These findings have implications for screening and service delivery in VA primary care clinics, and support the more general finding in the literature that PTSD is associated with impaired functioning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0894-9867
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-301
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
PTSD symptoms, demographic characteristics, and functional status among veterans treated in VA primary care clinics.
pubmed:affiliation
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401-5799, USA. magrudkm@musc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.