Citation

Woods SJ, Wineman NM. Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2004; 18(1): 26-34.

Affiliation

College of Nursing, University of Akron, OH 44325, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14986288

Abstract

The purpose of this retrospective, descriptive-correlational research was to examine the relationships between violent and nonviolent trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its symptom clusters of avoidance, intrusive/re-experiencing, and hyperarousal, and self-reported physical health symptoms in 50 postabused women. Results indicated: (1) PTSD hyperarousal and avoidance symptom clusters were positively associated with physical health symptoms, and (2) childhood physical abuse accounted for a significant and unique portion of the variance in physical health symptoms. The results highlight the need for health care practitioners in all settings to assess for a history of trauma in a woman's life.

Language: en