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Incidence Rates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Over a 17-Year Period in Active Duty Military Service Members
- Source :
- Journal of traumatic stressReferences. 33(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects approximately 8% of the general population. The prevalence of PTSD is twice as high in active duty service members and military veterans. Few studies have investigated the incidence rates of PTSD in active duty military personnel. The present study evaluated the incidence of PTSD diagnoses and the differences between demographic factors for service members between 2001 and 2017. Data on 182,400 active duty service members between 2001 and 2017 were drawn from the Defense Medical Epidemiological Database and examined by sex, age, service branch, military pay grade, marital status, and race. From 2001 to 2017, the incidence rates of PTSD in the active force (per 1,000 service members) steadily climbed, with a low of 1.24 in 2002 to a high of 12.94 in 2016. Service members most often diagnosed with PTSD were in the U.S. Army, with the enlisted pay grades of E-5-E-9, White, married, male, and between 20 and 24 years old. Statistically significant differences, ps < .001, were found between observed and expected counts across all examined demographic variables. The present study is the first to our knowledge to provide a comprehensive examination of PTSD incidence rates in an active duty military population.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
050103 clinical psychology
medicine.medical_specialty
Active duty
Population
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Longitudinal Studies
Young adult
education
Retrospective Studies
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Incidence
05 social sciences
Retrospective cohort study
Middle Aged
United States
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Military Personnel
Military Deployment
Population Surveillance
Marital status
Female
business
Military Pay
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15736598
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of traumatic stressReferences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....808fe86025f161cacc63c78e8a879fff