Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms

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Autor(a) principal: Pereira, M. Graça
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Machado, José C., Pereira, Marta, Lopes, Cristiana, Pedras, Carla Susana Abreu
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/69737
Resumo: Studies show that post-traumatic stress symptoms among Portuguese veterans who participated in Colonial War (1961-75) are high, even though 43 years have gone by since the end of the war.
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spelling Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptomsWar veteransPost-traumatic stress symptomsPersonality traitsSocial supportQuality of lifeCiências Sociais::PsicologiaScience & TechnologySaúde de qualidadeStudies show that post-traumatic stress symptoms among Portuguese veterans who participated in Colonial War (1961-75) are high, even though 43 years have gone by since the end of the war.Background: Studies show that post-traumatic stress symptoms among Portuguese veterans who participated in Colonial War (1961-75) are high, even though 43 years have gone by since the end of the war.Aims: This study analyzed the role of family type, personality traits, and social support as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms and quality of life in war veterans, and whether satisfaction with social support was a mediator between neuroticism/post-traumatic stress symptoms and quality of life.Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted including 230 war veterans with a mean age of 60 years (SD=3.82).Results: Results indicated a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms as well as high neuroticism, 16.5 (SD=4.41); 81% of veterans presented high psychological distress, suggesting emotional disturbance and 71% belonged to extreme families (families with cohesion and adaptability problems). Results showed that age (beta=-0.166, p<0.05), social support (beta=-0.184, p<0.01), and neuroticism (beta=0.325, p<0.001) predicted post-traumatic stress symptoms. Age, professional status, social support, post-traumatic stress symptoms, family type, neuroticism, and extroversion predicted different dimensions of quality of life. Finally, a path analysis showed that satisfaction with social support was a mediator in the relationship between neuroticism and quality of life (beta=-0.066; p<0.01) and between post-traumatic stress symptoms and quality of life (beta=-0.108; p<0.01).Conclusion: Four decades after the Colonial War have passed, there is still a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms. Screening elderly veterans who present post-traumatic stress symptoms, for the presence of neuroticism traits, and assessing family type and social support, should be a standard practice in health care services, especially in the oldest and those who are retired. Social support should be promoted in order to enhance quality of life in this population.Dove Press LtdUniversidade do MinhoPereira, M. GraçaMachado, José C.Pereira, MartaLopes, CristianaPedras, Carla Susana Abreu2019-022019-02-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/69737engPereira, M. G., Machado, J. C., Pereira, M., Lopes, C., & Pedras, S. (2019). Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Patient related outcome measures, 10, 491179-271X1179-271X10.2147/PROM.S163698https://www.dovepress.com/quality-of-life-in-elderly-portuguese-war-veterans-with-post-traumatic-peer-reviewed-article-PROMinfo: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:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:26:38Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/69737Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:21:06.674868Repositório 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 Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
title Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
spellingShingle Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
Pereira, M. Graça
War veterans
Post-traumatic stress symptoms
Personality traits
Social support
Quality of life
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Science & Technology
Saúde de qualidade
title_short Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
title_full Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
title_fullStr Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
title_full_unstemmed Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
title_sort Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms
author Pereira, M. Graça
author_facet Pereira, M. Graça
Machado, José C.
Pereira, Marta
Lopes, Cristiana
Pedras, Carla Susana Abreu
author_role author
author2 Machado, José C.
Pereira, Marta
Lopes, Cristiana
Pedras, Carla Susana Abreu
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pereira, M. Graça
Machado, José C.
Pereira, Marta
Lopes, Cristiana
Pedras, Carla Susana Abreu
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv War veterans
Post-traumatic stress symptoms
Personality traits
Social support
Quality of life
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Science & Technology
Saúde de qualidade
topic War veterans
Post-traumatic stress symptoms
Personality traits
Social support
Quality of life
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Science & Technology
Saúde de qualidade
description Studies show that post-traumatic stress symptoms among Portuguese veterans who participated in Colonial War (1961-75) are high, even though 43 years have gone by since the end of the war.
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2019-02-01T00:00:00Z
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Pereira, M. G., Machado, J. C., Pereira, M., Lopes, C., & Pedras, S. (2019). Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Patient related outcome measures, 10, 49
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1179-271X
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