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JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
卷 77, 期 2, 页码 90-96出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.05.009
关键词
Doctor visits; Health care utilization; Lifetime trauma; Stressor; Trauma
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资金
- Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
Objective: Cumulative lifetime exposure to potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors has been linked with both mental and physical health problems; however, less is known about the association between exposure to potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors with health care use. We investigated whether a higher number of potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors were prospectively associated with an increased number of doctor visits and nights spent in the hospital. Methods: Participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a prospective and nationally representative study of adults aged 50+ in the United States (n = 7168). We analyzed the data using a generalized linear model with a gamma distribution and log link Results: A higher number of potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors were associated with an increased number of doctor visits and nights spent in the hospital. On a 10-point scale, each additional potentially traumatic event or serious life stressor was associated with an 8% increase in doctor visits after controlling for sociodemographic factors (RR = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.06-1.11; p < .001). Each additional potentially traumatic event or serious life stressor was also associated with an 18% increase in the number of nights spent in the hospital after controlling for sociodemographic factors (RR = 1.18, 95% CI = 1.10-1.27; p < .001). Conclusion: Exposure to potentially traumatic events and serious life stressors is associated with increased doctor visits and nights spent in the hospital, which may have important implications for the current standard of care. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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