PMID- 18629750
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090331
LR  - 20191027
IS  - 1938-1352 (Electronic)
IS  - 0748-7711 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008
TI  - Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in Bosnian refugees 3 1/2 years after 
      resettlement.
PG  - 421-6
AB  - This study describes the evolution of trauma-related symptoms over 3 1/2 years in 
      a group of Bosnian refugees. Twenty-one refugees received standardized 
      psychological assessments shortly after arriving in the United States and then 1 
      year and 3 1/2 years later. Of these refugees, 76% met diagnostic criteria for 
      posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at baseline, 33% at 1 year, and 24% at 3 1/2 
      years. PTSD severity scores in women refugees were higher than scores in men at 
      all three evaluation time points. At the 3 1/2-year evaluation, 44% of women and 
      8% of men met criteria for PTSD and no correlation was found between PTSD symptom 
      severity and either age or level of trauma exposure. A significant inverse 
      correlation was found between Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores and 
      PTSD severity scores. Refugees who reported better mastery of the English 
      language had significantly higher GAF scores. Although PTSD symptom severity 
      decreased over time, most refugees continued to have at least one or more 
      trauma-related symptoms and 24% still met criteria for PTSD after 3 1/2 years in 
      the United States. Women refugees and those who had not mastered the English 
      language appeared to be more vulnerable to persisting psychological effects of 
      trauma.
FAU - Vojvoda, Dolores
AU  - Vojvoda D
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. 
      dolores.vojvoda@va.gov
FAU - Weine, Stevan M
AU  - Weine SM
FAU - McGlashan, Thomas
AU  - McGlashan T
FAU - Becker, Daniel F
AU  - Becker DF
FAU - Southwick, Steven M
AU  - Southwick SM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Rehabil Res Dev
JT  - Journal of rehabilitation research and development
JID - 8410047
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Bosnia and Herzegovina
MH  - Connecticut
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Life Change Events
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Refugees/*psychology
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/*diagnosis
MH  - *Warfare
EDAT- 2008/07/17 09:00
MHDA- 2009/04/01 09:00
CRDT- 2008/07/17 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/17 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/04/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/07/17 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1682/jrrd.2007.06.0083 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(3):421-6. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2007.06.0083.