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The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia.

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Calhoun, PS; Bosworth, HB; Stechuchak, KA; Strauss, J; Butterfield, MI
Published in: J Trauma Stress
June 2006

The present study examined the impact of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on health-related quality of life and objective measures of health service utilization in 165 male veterans who have primary schizophrenia. Comorbid PTSD was assessed with the PTSD Checklist. Comorbid PTSD was significantly associated with decreased quality of life and increased medical service utilization, including increased psychiatric hospitalization and increased outpatient physical health visits, even after controlling for other clinical and demographic variables among this sample of patients who had primary schizophrenia. Veterans who have schizophrenia should be screened carefully for exposure to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder.

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J Trauma Stress

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ISSN

0894-9867

Publication Date

June 2006

Volume

19

Issue

3

Start / End Page

393 / 397

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Schizophrenia
  • Regression Analysis
  • Quality of Life
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Services
 

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Calhoun, P. S., Bosworth, H. B., Stechuchak, K. A., Strauss, J., & Butterfield, M. I. (2006). The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia. J Trauma Stress, 19(3), 393–397. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20114
Calhoun, Patrick S., Hayden B. Bosworth, Karen A. Stechuchak, Jennifer Strauss, and Marian I. Butterfield. “The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia.J Trauma Stress 19, no. 3 (June 2006): 393–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20114.
Calhoun PS, Bosworth HB, Stechuchak KA, Strauss J, Butterfield MI. The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia. J Trauma Stress. 2006 Jun;19(3):393–7.
Calhoun, Patrick S., et al. “The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia.J Trauma Stress, vol. 19, no. 3, June 2006, pp. 393–97. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/jts.20114.
Calhoun PS, Bosworth HB, Stechuchak KA, Strauss J, Butterfield MI. The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia. J Trauma Stress. 2006 Jun;19(3):393–397.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Trauma Stress

DOI

ISSN

0894-9867

Publication Date

June 2006

Volume

19

Issue

3

Start / End Page

393 / 397

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Schizophrenia
  • Regression Analysis
  • Quality of Life
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Services