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Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative
OBJECTIVE: This study examined baseline risk and protective predictors and interim correlates of the persistence/recurrence, remission, and onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a 16-year prospective, nationally representative sample of Canadian Forces members and veterans. METHODS: The 2...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33522288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743721989167 |
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author | Mota, Natalie Bolton, Shay-Lee Enns, Murray W. Afifi, Tracie O. El-Gabalawy, Renée Sommer, Jordana L. Pietrzak, Robert H. Stein, Murray B. Asmundson, Gordon J. G. Sareen, Jitender |
author_facet | Mota, Natalie Bolton, Shay-Lee Enns, Murray W. Afifi, Tracie O. El-Gabalawy, Renée Sommer, Jordana L. Pietrzak, Robert H. Stein, Murray B. Asmundson, Gordon J. G. Sareen, Jitender |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study examined baseline risk and protective predictors and interim correlates of the persistence/recurrence, remission, and onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a 16-year prospective, nationally representative sample of Canadian Forces members and veterans. METHODS: The 2018 Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-up Survey is a prospective study of 2,941 regular force service members and veterans who participated in the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health and Wellbeing: Canadian Forces Supplement (n = 5,155; ages 15 to 64 years; response rate 68%). PTSD diagnoses in 2002 and 2018 were used to create 4 groups: (1) no lifetime, (2) remitted, (3) new onset, and (4) persistent/recurrent PTSD. Multinomial regressions were conducted to identify predictors of PTSD courses. RESULTS: Female sex, being a junior noncommissioned member (vs. officer), and land (vs. air) operations in 2002 were associated with all PTSD courses relative to no lifetime PTSD (relative risk ratio [RRR] range: 1.28 to 3.65). After adjusting for sociodemographic variables, baseline predictors of all PTSD courses included lifetime mental disorder, history of mental health care utilization, all trauma type categories (deployment-associated, sexual, “other”), and the number of lifetime traumatic events (RRR range: 1.14 to 8.95). New (“since 2002”) traumas, transitioning to veteran status, and alcohol dependence were mostly associated with the new onset and persistent/recurrent PTSD courses (RRR range: 1.79 to 4.31), while mental health care utilization and greater avoidance coping were associated with all PTSD courses (RRR range: 1.10 to 17.87). Protective factors for several PTSD courses at one or both time points included social support, social network size, and problem-focused coping (RRR range: 0.71 to 0.98). CONCLUSIONS: This is the first population-based survey to examine the longitudinal course of PTSD in Canadian Forces members. Prevention and intervention programs focused on bolstering social support and active coping strategies as possible protective factors/correlates may help mitigate the development and persistence of PTSD. |
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spelling | pubmed-86498302021-12-08 Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative Mota, Natalie Bolton, Shay-Lee Enns, Murray W. Afifi, Tracie O. El-Gabalawy, Renée Sommer, Jordana L. Pietrzak, Robert H. Stein, Murray B. Asmundson, Gordon J. G. Sareen, Jitender Can J Psychiatry Regular Articles OBJECTIVE: This study examined baseline risk and protective predictors and interim correlates of the persistence/recurrence, remission, and onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a 16-year prospective, nationally representative sample of Canadian Forces members and veterans. METHODS: The 2018 Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-up Survey is a prospective study of 2,941 regular force service members and veterans who participated in the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health and Wellbeing: Canadian Forces Supplement (n = 5,155; ages 15 to 64 years; response rate 68%). PTSD diagnoses in 2002 and 2018 were used to create 4 groups: (1) no lifetime, (2) remitted, (3) new onset, and (4) persistent/recurrent PTSD. Multinomial regressions were conducted to identify predictors of PTSD courses. RESULTS: Female sex, being a junior noncommissioned member (vs. officer), and land (vs. air) operations in 2002 were associated with all PTSD courses relative to no lifetime PTSD (relative risk ratio [RRR] range: 1.28 to 3.65). After adjusting for sociodemographic variables, baseline predictors of all PTSD courses included lifetime mental disorder, history of mental health care utilization, all trauma type categories (deployment-associated, sexual, “other”), and the number of lifetime traumatic events (RRR range: 1.14 to 8.95). New (“since 2002”) traumas, transitioning to veteran status, and alcohol dependence were mostly associated with the new onset and persistent/recurrent PTSD courses (RRR range: 1.79 to 4.31), while mental health care utilization and greater avoidance coping were associated with all PTSD courses (RRR range: 1.10 to 17.87). Protective factors for several PTSD courses at one or both time points included social support, social network size, and problem-focused coping (RRR range: 0.71 to 0.98). CONCLUSIONS: This is the first population-based survey to examine the longitudinal course of PTSD in Canadian Forces members. Prevention and intervention programs focused on bolstering social support and active coping strategies as possible protective factors/correlates may help mitigate the development and persistence of PTSD. SAGE Publications 2021-02-01 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8649830/ /pubmed/33522288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743721989167 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Regular Articles Mota, Natalie Bolton, Shay-Lee Enns, Murray W. Afifi, Tracie O. El-Gabalawy, Renée Sommer, Jordana L. Pietrzak, Robert H. Stein, Murray B. Asmundson, Gordon J. G. Sareen, Jitender Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative |
title | Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative |
title_full | Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative |
title_fullStr | Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative |
title_full_unstemmed | Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative |
title_short | Course and Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Nationally Representative, 16-Year Follow-up Study: Cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les Forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative |
title_sort | course and predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder in the canadian armed forces: a nationally representative, 16-year follow-up study: cours et prédicteurs du trouble de stress post-traumatique dans les forces armées canadiennes: une étude de suivi de 16 ans nationalement représentative |
topic | Regular Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33522288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743721989167 |
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