The Lingering Impact of Resolved PTSD on Subsequent Functioning

RA Bryant; AC McFarlane; D Silove; ML O’donnell; D Forbes; M Creamer

Journal article

The Lingering Impact of Resolved PTSD on Subsequent Functioning

RA Bryant, AC McFarlane, D Silove, ML O’donnell, D Forbes, M Creamer

Clinical Psychological Science | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1177/2167702615598756

Abstract

This study investigated whether impairment persists after posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has resolved. Traumatically injured patients (N = 1,035) were assessed during hospital admission and at 3 (85%) and 12 months (73%). Quality of life prior to traumatic injury was measured with the World Health Organization Quality of Life–BREF during hospitalization and at each subsequent assessment. PTSD was assessed using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale at 3 and 12 months. After controlling for preinjury functioning, current pain, and comorbid depression, patients whose PTSD symptoms had resolved by 12 months were more likely to have poorer quality of life in psychological (OR = 3.51), phys..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant 568970, Victorian Trauma Foundation Grant #V-11, and National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Clinical Research Fellowship 359284. The study sponsors had no role in the design or conduct of the study, or in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data. R.A.B. had full access to all the data and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.