美国退伍军人普遍焦虑和轻度焦虑症状:流行程度,特征和功能
Grace Macdonald-Gagnon1, Elina A Stefanovics2, Marc N Potenza3
1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Journal of psychiatric research
|February 7, 2024
概括
大约十分之三的美国退伍军人会出现焦虑症状. 这项研究强调了需要采取一个维度方法来评估退伍军人普遍焦虑障碍 (GAD) 和轻度焦虑,考虑到它们的独特特征和功能影响.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 军人卫生保健 军人卫生保健
背景情况:
- 通用焦虑症 (GAD) 和下值焦虑症 (SGAD) 患病率数据有限,特别是在像美国退伍军人这样的高风险群体中.
- 缺乏关于退伍军人的焦虑症状的当代流行病学数据.
- 了解退伍军人的焦虑症状相关性对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在美国退伍军人的全国代表样本中确定可能的GAD和轻度焦虑症状的患病率.
- 确定与退伍军人的焦虑症状相关的社会人口和军事因素.
- 在这个人群中检查焦虑症状的精神和功能相关性.
主要方法:
- 对一个庞大的,具有全国代表性的美国退伍军人数据集的分析.
- 使用简短的选器来评估可能的GAD和轻度焦虑症状.
- 研究了焦虑症状与社会人口统计学,军事,精神病学和功能变量之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 7.9%的退伍军人对可能的GAD进行了查,结果呈阳性;22.1%的退伍军人对轻度焦虑症状进行了查,结果呈阳性.
- 焦虑症状在年轻的退伍军人,女性,种族/少数民族以及多次部署的人群中更为普遍.
- 在焦虑严重程度和较差的心理健康,自杀念头/行为和功能障碍之间发现了剂量反应关系.
结论:
- 调查结果表明,大约30%的美国退伍军人报告了焦虑症状.
- 结果强调了对退伍军人焦虑症状的维度评估的重要性.
- 一个维度方法有助于理解相关的临床和功能特征,以改善退伍军人护理.
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