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Self-reported diabetes and posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in the community.

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Goodwin, RD; Davidson, JR
Published in: Prev Med
May 2005

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between self-reported diabetes and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adults in the community and to investigate the specificity of this link. METHOD: Data were drawn from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), a household probability sample of adults ages 15-54 in the United States. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the association between self-reported diabetes and PTSD (past 12-month prevalence), adjusted for differences in sociodemographic characteristics. RESULTS: Self-reported diabetes was associated with an increased likelihood of PTSD [OR = 2.3 (1.02, 5.21)], which persisted after adjusting for differences in sociodemographic characteristics. Self-reported diabetes was not associated with a significantly increased likelihood of any other mental disorders. CONCLUSIONS: These findings are consistent with and extend previous data suggesting that there is an association between self-reported diabetes and PTSD by showing that this link appears to have some specificity and is generalizable to adults in the community. These data do not address the possible mechanisms of this association. Our results do not support a link between depression and diabetes, which has been previously reported. Replication of these results is needed with longitudinal, epidemiologic data, which include ages of onset and physiologic data in diagnosis of diabetes. If these findings are replicated, further investigation into the possible mechanisms of this association may be fruitful.

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Prev Med

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0091-7435

Publication Date

May 2005

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

570 / 574

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Self Disclosure
  • Public Health
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Logistic Models
  • Humans
 

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Goodwin, R. D., & Davidson, J. R. (2005). Self-reported diabetes and posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in the community. Prev Med, 40(5), 570–574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.013
Goodwin, Renee D., and Jonathan R. Davidson. “Self-reported diabetes and posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in the community.Prev Med 40, no. 5 (May 2005): 570–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.013.
Goodwin RD, Davidson JR. Self-reported diabetes and posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in the community. Prev Med. 2005 May;40(5):570–4.
Goodwin, Renee D., and Jonathan R. Davidson. “Self-reported diabetes and posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in the community.Prev Med, vol. 40, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 570–74. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.013.
Goodwin RD, Davidson JR. Self-reported diabetes and posttraumatic stress disorder among adults in the community. Prev Med. 2005 May;40(5):570–574.
Journal cover image

Published In

Prev Med

DOI

ISSN

0091-7435

Publication Date

May 2005

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

570 / 574

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Self Disclosure
  • Public Health
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Logistic Models
  • Humans