Gender, Social Support, and Posttraumatic Stress in Postwar Kosovo
Ahern J, Galea S, Fernandez W, Koci B, Waldman R, Vlahov D. Gender, Social Support, and Posttraumatic Stress in Postwar Kosovo. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2004, 192: 762-770. PMID: 15505520, DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000144695.02982.41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress scoresPosttraumatic stress symptomsSocial supportStress scoresImportant public health effortsEmergency department studyEmergency department patientsMental health 2 yearsTraumatic eventsPublic health effortsLower posttraumatic stress scoresGreater protective effectStress symptomsLow social supportMore traumatic eventsDepartment patientsHigh prevalenceProtective effectHealth effortsHigher posttraumatic stress scoresDepartment studyMental healthWomenPosttraumatic stressSymptomsMental health status among ethnic albanians seeking medical care in an emergency department two years after the war in Kosovo A pilot project
Fernandez W, Galea S, Ahern J, Sisco S, Waldman R, Koci B, Vlahov D. Mental health status among ethnic albanians seeking medical care in an emergency department two years after the war in Kosovo A pilot project. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2004, 43: e1-e8. PMID: 14747823, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental component summary scoresComponent summary scoresMental health statusED patientsShort Form-36 mental component summary scoreSummary scoresLower mental component summary scoresHealth statusMedical careSeparate multivariable linear regression modelsShort Form-36Multivariable linear regression modelsPatients 2 yearsFourth Edition criteriaTraumatic eventsPublic health interventionsMental health problemsPosttraumatic stress disorderHarvard Trauma QuestionnairePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsSpecific vulnerable populationsForm-36Emergency departmentPsychosocial burdenFemale sex