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In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Band 52, Heft 10, S. 392-392
ISSN: 1559-1476
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In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Band 52, Heft 10, S. 392-392
ISSN: 1559-1476
In: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/6/19
Abstract Background Two large independent studies funded by the US government have assessed the impact of the Vietnam War on the prevalence of PTSD in US veterans. The National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS) estimated the current PTSD prevalence to be 15.2% while the Vietnam Experience Study (VES) estimated the prevalence to be 2.2%. We compared alternative criteria for estimating the prevalence of PTSD using the NVVRS and VES public use data sets collected more than 10 years after the United States withdrew troops from Vietnam. Methods We applied uniform diagnostic procedures to the male veterans from the NVVRS and VES to estimate PTSD prevalences based on varying criteria including one-month and lifetime prevalence estimates, combat and non-combat prevalence estimates, and prevalence estimates using both single and multiple indicator models. Results Using a narrow and specific set of criteria, we derived current prevalence estimates for combat-related PTSD of 2.5% and 2.9% for the VES and the NVVRS, respectively. Using a more broad and sensitive set of criteria, we derived current prevalence estimates for combat-related PTSD of 12.2% and 15.8% for the VES and NVVRS, respectively. Conclusion When comparable methods were applied to available data we reconciled disparate results and estimated similar current prevalences for both narrow and broad definitions of combat-related diagnoses of PTSD.
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In: Journal of women & aging: the multidisciplinary quarterly of psychosocial practice, theory, and research, Band 29, Heft 5, S. 385-391
ISSN: 1540-7322
In: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology: SPPE ; the international journal for research in social and genetic epidemiology and mental health services, Band 50, Heft 6, S. 939-949
ISSN: 1433-9285
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Band 117, S. 105284
ISSN: 0190-7409
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 57, Heft 5, S. 665-673
ISSN: 1532-2491