Post-traumatic stress disorder and incident fractures in the Danish population.

ABSTRACT: Psychological stress may be associated with increased risk of fractures. It is unknown whether post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a marker of chronic severe psychological stress occurring in response to a traumatic event, influences fracture risk. In this nationwide cohort study, persons with PTSD had an increased risk of fractures compared to the general population.

Introduction

We conducted a population-based national cohort study in Denmark to examine the association between PTSD and incident fractures.

Methods

We examined the incidence rate of overall and specific fractures among patients with clinician-diagnosed PTSD (n = 4114), compared with the incidence rate in the general population from 1995 to 2013, using Danish medical registry data. We further examined differ

SUBMITTER: Jiang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193821 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature