Posttraumatic stress disorder in mineworkers

[摘要] The following groups were identified, compared and described in this study:�?The acute PTSD group (N=33), which comprised subjects with acute PTSD atthe first assessment session .�?The acute PTSD chronic group (N=12), which comprised subjects who had acutePTSD during the first assessment and who had chronic PTSD during the secondassessment session.�?The acute PTSD in-remission group (N=18), which comprised subjects withacute PTSD during the first assessment and whose symptoms remitted duringthe second assessment session.�?The primary acute PTSD group (N=13), which comprised subjects who had ahistory of PTSD and who developed primary (reactivated) PTSD by the firstassessment as a result of the earth-fall accidents.�?The new acute PTSD group(N=20), who had acute PTSD for the first time atthe first assessment session.�?The chronic PTSD group (N=16), who had chronic PTSD at the first assessmentsession.�?The delayed onset PTSD group (N=3), who had only developed PTSD by thesecond assessment session.�?The non-PTSD group (N=121), who did not have PTSD at either assessmentsessions.When the results are summarized, it appears that certain modulating,precipitating and predisposing factors in the pathogenesis of PTSD tended toincrease the vulnerability of the development of acute and chronic PTSD. Theresults of chapter 8 also indicated that.the course and.severity of the PTSDsymptoms, the comorbid disorders and the associated symptoms tended to differ according to the types of PTSD, namely, acute PTSD, primary acute PTSD (reactivedPTSD), and chronic PTSD.The results of the above groups - which have previously been summarized (seeparagraphs 3.5; 4.6; 5.7; 6.2; 7.4) - are therefore integrated, summarized anddiscussed in terms of i) the profile of mine employees with acute PTSD, ii) theprofile of mine employees with primary PTSD (reactivated), iii) the profile ofmine employees with chronic PTSD, and iv) the profile of mine employees withdelayed onset PTSD. The profiles are subsequently presented in terms of their modulating factors,stress factors, predisposing factors, the severity of symptoms, cluster Bsymptoms, cluster C symptoms, cluster D symptoms, comorbid disorders, andassociated symptoms.

[发布机构] University of the Free State