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A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans
Collegium Antropologicum, 35 (2011), 3; 681-686. urn:nbn:hr:105:169331
Braš, Marijana; Milunović, Vibor; Boban, Maja; Mićković, Vlatko; Lončar, Zoran; Gregurek, Rudolf; Laco, Miro

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Braš, M., Milunović, V., Boban, M., Mićković, V., Lončar, Z., Gregurek, R. & Laco, M. (2011). A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans . Collegium Antropologicum, 35. (3), 681-686. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:169331

Braš, Marijana, et al. "A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans ." Collegium Antropologicum, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 681-686. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:169331

Braš, Marijana, Vibor Milunović, Maja Boban, Vlatko Mićković, Zoran Lončar, Rudolf Gregurek and Miro Laco. "A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans ." Collegium Antropologicum 35, no. 3 (2011): 681-686. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:169331

Braš, M., et al. (2011) 'A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans ', Collegium Antropologicum, 35(3), pp. 681-686. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:169331 (Accessed 28 April 2024)

Braš M, Milunović V, Boban M, Mićković V, Lončar Z, Gregurek R, and sur.. A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans . Collegium Antropologicum [Internet]. 2011 September [cited 2024 April 28];35(3):681-686. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:169331

M. Braš, et al., "A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans ", Collegium Antropologicum, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 681-686, September 2011. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:169331. [Accessed: 28 April 2024]

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Title (english)A quality of life in chronic combat related posttraumatic stress disorder - a study on Croatian War veterans
Title (croatian)Kvaliteta života u kroničnom ratnom postraumatskom stresnom poremećaju: studija na hrvatskim ratnim veteranima
AuthorMarijana Braš
AuthorVibor Milunović
AuthorMaja Boban
AuthorVlatko Mićković
AuthorZoran Lončar
AuthorRudolf Gregurek
AuthorMiro Laco
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Abstract (english)
The main objective of this study was to examine an association of various symptoms in chronic combat-related post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the quality of life in this population. 248 Croatian male war veterans all diagnosed with chronic PTSD were consecutively enrolled in this study as they showed up at the routine check-up. They were given self report questionnaires Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI-A) evaluating different PTSD symptoms and WHO Quality of Life-BREF assessing four different domains of the quality of life. After independent sample t- test was performed, the presence of each symptom defined by Trauma Symptom Inventory indicated the impairment of all four quality of life domains in a group of subject suffering from it, except of intrusive experience not being associated with the lesser quality in social domain. All quality of life domains were significantly correlated with various PTSD symptoms; however Pearson correlation factors ranged from small to medium value. As expected, PTSD symptoms are associated with lesser quality of life in the affected population. The further research is needed to show possible causal relationship between PTSD and, especially, physical health of these patients.
Abstract (croatian)
Glavni cilj ovog rada jest bio pokazati povezanost pojedinačnih simptoma posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja (PTSP) i kvalitete života i ocijeniti njihov međuodnos. U studiji je sudjelovalo ukupno 248 ratnih veterana koji imaju diagnozu PTSP-a. Uključivani su uzastopno u studiju pri rutinskoj kontroli. PTSP je bio određen pomoću multidimenzionalne samoocjenske skale »Trauma Symptom Inventory-A«, a razina kvalitete života pomoću samoocjenske skale »WHO Quality of Life-BREF« koja određuje četiri različite domene kvalitete života. Nakon upotrebe t-testa za neovisne uzorke, pokazano da je kvaliteta života u sve četiri domene statistički značajno smanjenja s obzirom na prisutnost pojedinog simptoma PTSP-a. Statistički značajnom se jedino nije pokazala prisutnost intruzivnih doživljaja s obzirom na socijalnu domenu. Sve domene kvalitete života su bile značajno povezane s pojedinačnim simptomima PTSP-a, iako su vrijednosti Pearsonovih korelacijskih faktora imale malu do umjerenu vrijednost. Kao što je bilo očekivano, simptomi postraumatskog stresnog poremećaja su povezani sa smanjenom kvalitetom života u populaciji ratnih veterena. Buduće studije bi trebale pokazati kauzalnu povezanost između PTSP i kvalitete života, pogotovo poremećenog fizičkog stanja ratnih veterana.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
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Journal titleCollegium Antropologicum
Numberingvol. 35, no. 3, pp. 681-686
p-ISSN0350-6134
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:105:169331
Publication2011-09
Document URLhttp://hrcak.srce.hr/file/107427
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