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Influence of Elective Surgery on Functional Health in Veterans with PTSD.


PB2013103480

Publication Date 2012
Page Count 64
Abstract Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common, often chronic, and has been associated with greater risk of postoperative mortality in veterans. The purpose of this study was to determine if elective outpatient surgery had a persistent and deleterious effect on the physical or mental health of veterans, and also to explore factors that contributed to health change after outpatient elective surgery in veterans with PTSD.
Keywords
  • Surgery
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Veterans(Military personnel)
  • Mental health
  • Mortality
  • Outpatient services
  • Postoperative surgery
  • Risk
  • Stress(Psychology)
Source Agency
  • TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors Duke Univ., Durham, NC.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 201308
Influence of Elective Surgery on Functional Health in Veterans with PTSD.
Influence of Elective Surgery on Functional Health in Veterans with PTSD.
PB2013103480

  • Surgery
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Veterans(Military personnel)
  • Mental health
  • Mortality
  • Outpatient services
  • Postoperative surgery
  • Risk
  • Stress(Psychology)
  • TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
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