Melissa Tehee1, Dedra Buchwald2, Cathryn Booth-LaForce3, Adam Omidpanah4, Spero M Manson5, R Turner Goins6. 1. Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan. 2. Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and Initiative for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University Health Sciences, Spokane and Seattle. 3. Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle. 4. Initiative for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University Health Sciences, Spokane. 5. Public Health and Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora. 6. Social Work, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of lifetime traumatic experiences, describe related symptoms of traumatic stress, and examine their association with perceived social support and physical and mental health among older American Indians. METHOD: Analyses of existing interview data from the Native Elder Care Study, a random age-stratified sample of 505 tribal members ≥55 years of age conducted in partnership with a large Southeastern tribe. Interviews assessed trauma exposure, traumatic stress, measures of social support, and physical and mental health status. RESULTS: Overall, 31% of participants had experienced a traumatic event; of these, 43% reported traumatic stress at the time of the interview. Higher perceived social support was associated with a reduced prevalence of traumatic stress. Compared to their counterparts without traumatic stress, women participants reporting traumatic stress reported more symptoms of depression, and both symptomatic men and women had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease and chronic pain. DISCUSSION: Traumatic stress was associated with less perceived social support and poorer health. Social support was not found to moderate the relationship between traumatic stress and physical and mental health.
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of lifetime traumatic experiences, describe related symptoms of traumatic stress, and examine their association with perceived social support and physical and mental health among older American Indians. METHOD: Analyses of existing interview data from the Native Elder Care Study, a random age-stratified sample of 505 tribal members ≥55 years of age conducted in partnership with a large Southeastern tribe. Interviews assessed trauma exposure, traumatic stress, measures of social support, and physical and mental health status. RESULTS: Overall, 31% of participants had experienced a traumatic event; of these, 43% reported traumatic stress at the time of the interview. Higher perceived social support was associated with a reduced prevalence of traumatic stress. Compared to their counterparts without traumatic stress, womenparticipants reporting traumatic stress reported more symptoms of depression, and both symptomatic men and women had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease and chronic pain. DISCUSSION: Traumatic stress was associated with less perceived social support and poorer health. Social support was not found to moderate the relationship between traumatic stress and physical and mental health.
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