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20.08.2018 | Original Article
Post-traumatic stress disorder and incident fractures in the Danish population
verfasst von:
T. Jiang, K. Veres, D. Körmendiné Farkas, T. L. Lash, H. T. Sørensen, J. L. Gradus
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Osteoporosis International
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Ausgabe 11/2018
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Abstract
Summary
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 differences in associations by gender, age, psychiatric and somatic comorbidity, and follow-up time. We calculated absolute risks, standardized incidence ratios (SIRs), and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).
Results
Risk of any fracture among persons with PTSD was 24% (95% CI 20%, 28%) over the study period. The SIR for any fracture was 1.7 (95% CI 1.6, 1.9). We found little evidence of effect measure modification of the association between PTSD and fractures in our stratified analyses.
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that PTSD is associated with increased fracture risk.