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SUBMITTER: Meli L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9255559 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan - Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meli Laura L Birk Jeffrey J Edmondson Donald D Bonanno George A GA
General hospital psychiatry 20191114
Many patients evaluated in the emergency department (ED) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) develop posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), but little is known about symptom trajectories over time. We estimated longitudinal trajectories of PTSS from ED to 1 year after evaluation for suspected ACS (N = 1000), and the effect of threat perceptions and discharge diagnosis. Participants reported on threat perceptions in the ED, ongoing cardiac threat at 1 month, and PTSS at 1, 6, and 12 months. Latent g ...[more]