Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories within the first year following emergency department admissions: pooled results from the International Consortium to predict PTSD
Lowe SR, Ratanatharathorn A, Lai BS, van der Mei W, Barbano AC, Bryant RA, Delahanty DL, Matsuoka YJ, Olff M, Schnyder U, Laska E, Koenen KC, Shalev AY, Kessler RC. Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories within the first year following emergency department admissions: pooled results from the International Consortium to predict PTSD. Psychological Medicine 2020, 51: 1129-1139. PMID: 32008580, PMCID: PMC8318129, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719004008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssaultive injuriesPrior interpersonal traumaEmergency departmentFemale genderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectoriesSymptom trajectoriesClinician-administered PTSD scaleGeneral hospital emergency departmentDemographic characteristicsEmergency department admissionsLong-term symptomsProportion of participantsHospital emergency departmentNon-white raceLogistic regression analysisMultinomial logistic regression analysisPTSD symptom trajectoriesPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms