Gender, trauma type, and PTSD prevalence: a re-analysis of 18 nordic convenience samples

作者：Ditlevsen Daniel N; Elklit Ask^*

来源：Annals of General Psychiatry, 2012, 11(1): 26.

DOI：10.1186/1744-859X-11-26

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Gender differences
• Trauma types

Background: The aim of the study was to examine a possible trauma type related variance in the gender difference of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: An analysis was conducted on 18 convenience sample studies including data from a total of 5220 participants. The studies all applied the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire - part IV to assess PTSD. Cohen%26apos;s d was used to measure variance in gender differences. Trauma types included disasters and accidents, violence, loss, chronic disease and non-malignant diseases. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: The results showed an overall gender difference in PTSD prevalence similar to previous findings. Thus, women had a two-fold higher prevalence of PTSD than men. Besides categorical analyses, dimensional analyses of PTSD severity were also performed; the latter were associated with twice as large effect sizes. Females were more vulnerable to PTSD after disasters and accidents, followed by loss and non-malignant diseases. In violence and chronic disease, the gender differences were smallest. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: The findings support the existence of a trauma type related variance in gender differences in PTSD prevalence.

• 出版日期2012-10-29