War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health

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Autor(a) principal: Maia, Ângela
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: McIntyre, Teresa, Pereira, M. Graça, Ribeiro, Eugénia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14427
Resumo: The relationship between war exposure and PTSD has been largely investigated but the impact of the combat experience on physical health has only recently merited attention. The authors investigated the relationship between war exposure, psychological and physical health among 350 Portuguese colonial war veterans. The role of current PTSD symptoms as a mediator of these relationships was also investigated. The results showed that 39% of the veterans met criteria for current PTSD diagnosis and psychological distress was present in half of the sample. Pain, fatigue and sleep problems were the most reported physical symptoms and mental health and gastro-intestinal problems, the most reported illnesses. Combat exposure variables were significant predictors of current health. The results indicated that veterans with higher exposure to war trauma maintained higher current levels of psychological distress and presented more physical health problems and physical symptoms than those less exposed. Mediation analyses showed that current PTSD was a full mediator of the relationship between war exposure and physical health outcomes.
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spelling War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical healthPost-traumatic stressWar veteransPhysical healthPredictorsPortuguesePortuguese veteransScience & TechnologySocial SciencesThe relationship between war exposure and PTSD has been largely investigated but the impact of the combat experience on physical health has only recently merited attention. The authors investigated the relationship between war exposure, psychological and physical health among 350 Portuguese colonial war veterans. The role of current PTSD symptoms as a mediator of these relationships was also investigated. The results showed that 39% of the veterans met criteria for current PTSD diagnosis and psychological distress was present in half of the sample. Pain, fatigue and sleep problems were the most reported physical symptoms and mental health and gastro-intestinal problems, the most reported illnesses. Combat exposure variables were significant predictors of current health. The results indicated that veterans with higher exposure to war trauma maintained higher current levels of psychological distress and presented more physical health problems and physical symptoms than those less exposed. Mediation analyses showed that current PTSD was a full mediator of the relationship between war exposure and physical health outcomes.The authors wish to thank the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, grant POCTI (POCTI/ESP/39515/2000), for financing this project. The authors are also grateful for the collaboration of the Associação Portuguesa de Veteranos de Guerra and their aid with the data collection.Taylor and FrancisUniversidade do MinhoMaia, ÂngelaMcIntyre, TeresaPereira, M. GraçaRibeiro, Eugénia20112011-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/14427eng1477-22051061-580610.1080/10615806.2010.52123820945238http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10615806.2010.521238info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:37:13Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/14427Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:33:28.358606Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
title War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
spellingShingle War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
Maia, Ângela
Post-traumatic stress
War veterans
Physical health
Predictors
Portuguese
Portuguese veterans
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
title_short War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
title_full War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
title_fullStr War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
title_full_unstemmed War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
title_sort War exposure and post-traumatic stress as predictors of portuguese colonial war veterans’ physical health
author Maia, Ângela
author_facet Maia, Ângela
McIntyre, Teresa
Pereira, M. Graça
Ribeiro, Eugénia
author_role author
author2 McIntyre, Teresa
Pereira, M. Graça
Ribeiro, Eugénia
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Maia, Ângela
McIntyre, Teresa
Pereira, M. Graça
Ribeiro, Eugénia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Post-traumatic stress
War veterans
Physical health
Predictors
Portuguese
Portuguese veterans
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
topic Post-traumatic stress
War veterans
Physical health
Predictors
Portuguese
Portuguese veterans
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
description The relationship between war exposure and PTSD has been largely investigated but the impact of the combat experience on physical health has only recently merited attention. The authors investigated the relationship between war exposure, psychological and physical health among 350 Portuguese colonial war veterans. The role of current PTSD symptoms as a mediator of these relationships was also investigated. The results showed that 39% of the veterans met criteria for current PTSD diagnosis and psychological distress was present in half of the sample. Pain, fatigue and sleep problems were the most reported physical symptoms and mental health and gastro-intestinal problems, the most reported illnesses. Combat exposure variables were significant predictors of current health. The results indicated that veterans with higher exposure to war trauma maintained higher current levels of psychological distress and presented more physical health problems and physical symptoms than those less exposed. Mediation analyses showed that current PTSD was a full mediator of the relationship between war exposure and physical health outcomes.
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