The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Primary Care: A Systematic Review
Autor: | Margaret Spottswood, Hsiang Huang, Dimitry S. Davydow |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Population Psychological intervention Prevalence MEDLINE CINAHL Primary care PsycINFO behavioral disciplines and activities Article Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Interview Psychological mental disorders Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry education Veterans education.field_of_study Primary Health Care business.industry 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Posttraumatic stress business |
Zdroj: | Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 25:159-169 |
ISSN: | 1465-7309 1067-3229 |
Popis: | LEARNING OBJECTIVES After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:• Determine the prevalence of clinician-diagnosed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in primary care patients• Identify the prevalence of questionnaire-ascertained PTSD symptoms in primary care patients OBJECTIVE: Determine the prevalence of clinician-diagnosed PTSD and questionnaire-ascertained PTSD symptoms in primary care patients. METHODS A systematic review of the literature using the PRISMA method, searching MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Database, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and relevant book chapter bibliographies. Studies that reported on the prevalence, including point or lifetime prevalence, of PTSD ascertained using diagnostic interviews or self-report questionnaires, or from administrative data, among patients seen in primary care were deemed eligible for inclusion. We abstracted data on the PTSD assessment tool, the mean questionnaire scores/cutoff scores, the time period of PTSD symptoms, and PTSD prevalence reported. RESULTS Of 10,614 titles screened, 41 studies were eligible for inclusion. The included studies assessed PTSD in a total of 7,256,826 primary care patients. The median point prevalence of PTSD across studies was 12.5%. The median point prevalence in the civilian population was 11.1%; in the special-risk population, 12.5%; and in veterans, 24.5%. The point prevalence of diagnostic interview-ascertained PTSD ranged from 2% to 32.5%, and the point prevalence of questionnaire-based substantial PTSD symptoms ranged from 2.9% to 39.1%. Lifetime prevalence of diagnostic interview-ascertained PTSD ranged from 14.5% to 48.8%. The prevalence of PTSD in administrative data-based studies ranged from 3.5% to 29.2%. CONCLUSIONS PTSD is common in primary care settings. Additional research on effective and generalizable interventions for PTSD in primary care is needed. |
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