Gender differences in probable posttraumatic stress disorder among police responders to the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attack

Background Police responders to the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster were previously reported to have an increased prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods Four thousand seventeen police responders (3,435 men and 582 women) were interviewed 2–3 years after 9/11/01 a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of industrial medicine 2010-12, Vol.53 (12), p.1186-1196
Hauptverfasser:	Bowler, Rosemarie M., Han, Hui, Gocheva, Vihra, Nakagawa, Sanae, Alper, Howard, DiGrande, Laura, Cone, James E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	9/11 disaster Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Aged Anxiety - diagnosis Anxiety - epidemiology Anxiety - etiology Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Biological and medical sciences Checklist Confidence Intervals Depression - diagnosis Depression - epidemiology Depression - etiology Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Disasters DSM-IV diagnosis Education emergency medical services Ethnic groups Female Gender Health Status Humans Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis New York City - epidemiology Occupational Diseases - epidemiology Occupational Diseases - etiology Occupational Exposure - adverse effects Odds Ratio police Police - statistics & numerical data Post-traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder Prevalence Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychometrics Psychopathology. Psychiatry Registries Risk Assessment Risk Factors September 11 Terrorist Attacks - psychology Sex Factors Statistics as Topic Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology Stress, Psychological Time Factors women Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Background Police responders to the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster were previously reported to have an increased prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods Four thousand seventeen police responders (3,435 men and 582 women) were interviewed 2–3 years after 9/11/01 as part of the World Trade Center Health Registry. Demographic, occupational, and event‐specific risk factors were evaluated for probable PTSD, determined by DSM‐IV criteria using the Posttraumatic Stress Checklist (PCL). Results Overall prevalence of probable PTSD was 8.3% (women: 13.9%; men: 7.4%, P
ISSN:	0271-3586 1097-0274 1097-0274
DOI:	10.1002/ajim.20876