Patterns of peritraumatic threat perceptions in patients evaluated for suspected acute coronary syndrome according to prior and current posttraumatic stress symptoms.

Objective Prior posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and elevated threat perceptions predict posttraumatic psychopathology after evaluation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but most research has measured threat retrospectively. We investigated how threat perceptions during ACS evaluation in the em...

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Publicado en:General Hospital Psychiatry Vol. 53; pp. 119 - 125
Autores principales: Zhu, Deanna R., Julian, Jacob, Lee, Sung J.A., Thanataveerat, Anusorn, Sumner, Jennifer A.
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Jul2018
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          Zhu, Deanna R.
          Julian, Jacob
          Lee, Sung J.A.
          Thanataveerat, Anusorn
          Sumner, Jennifer A.
        affil: Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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          Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Symptoms
          Fear Evaluation
          Acute Coronary Syndrome Complications
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Middle Age
          Aged
          One-Way Analysis of Variance
          Emergency Service
          Psychopathology
          Stress, Psychological
          Trauma
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
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          Female
      ab: Objective Prior posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and elevated threat perceptions predict posttraumatic psychopathology after evaluation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but most research has measured threat retrospectively. We investigated how threat perceptions during ACS evaluation in the emergency department (ED) and upon recall were associated with posttraumatic psychopathology burden due to prior trauma and the suspected ACS. Methods Perceived threat was assessed in the ED, and ED threat recall was assessed upon inpatient transfer/discharge, along with acute stress disorder (ASD) symptoms due to suspected ACS and PTSD symptoms due to prior trauma. The sample comprised 894 participants (mean age = 60.7 ± 13.1 years; 46.8% female; 56.3% Hispanic; 20.5% Black). One-way ANOVAs examined how those with consistent posttraumatic psychopathology (prior PTSD/ASD; 14.8%), prior posttraumatic psychopathology (prior PTSD/no ASD; 6.8%), new-onset posttraumatic psychopathology (no PTSD/ASD; 15.7%), or no posttraumatic psychopathology (no PTSD/no ASD; 62.8%) differed in threat perception, threat recall, and their discrepancy. Results Threat perception scores ranged from 6 to 24. Participants with consistent posttraumatic psychopathology had higher threat perceptions ( M  = 14.01) than those with prior posttraumatic psychopathology ( M  = 12.02) and new-onset posttraumatic psychopathology ( M  = 12.21) ( ps  ≤ 0.001); the latter two did not differ significantly but had higher threat perceptions than those with no posttraumatic psychopathology ( M  = 9.84) ( p  < .001). Similar results were observed for threat recall ( p  < .001). The new-onset posttraumatic psychopathology group also had a greater increase in perceived threat versus the no posttraumatic psychopathology group ( p  = .06). Results were similar adjusting for potential confounders. Conclusions Assessing threat perceptions during ACS evaluation and hospitalization may help identify those at risk for emotional difficulties post-ACS.
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