Disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and sustained attention: Evaluation of depressive symptomatology and sleep disturbances as mediators

Marie-Louise Meewisse; Mirjam J. Nijdam; Giel-Jan de Vries; Berthold P. R. Gersons; Rolf J. Kleber; Peter G. van der Velden; Albert-Jan Roskam; Berdi Christiaanse; Annelieke N. Drogendijk; Miranda Olff

doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20037

Disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and sustained attention: Evaluation of depressive symptomatology and sleep disturbances as mediators

Marie-Louise Meewisse, Mirjam J. Nijdam, Giel-Jan de Vries, Berthold P. R. Gersons, Rolf J. Kleber, Peter G. van der Velden, Albert-Jan Roskam, Berdi Christiaanse, Annelieke N. Drogendijk, Miranda Olff

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Abstract

Research about attentional functioning following trauma has almost exclusively been performed in patient populations with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this study the relationship between sustained attention and PTSD symptoms was examined in a community sample of survivors of a major disaster using the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT) and the Self-Rating Scale for PTSD (SRS-PTSD) 2-3 years postdisaster. Analyses revealed low but significant partial correlations between PTSD symptoms and the least difficult subtests, ruling out the effects of age, education, depressive symptomatology, and sleep disturbances. These results demonstrate that PTSD symptoms link to attentional dysfunction 2-3 years postdisaster

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	299-302
Journal	Journal of traumatic stress
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20037
Publication status	Published - 2005

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Meewisse, M.-L., Nijdam, M. J., de Vries, G.-J., Gersons, B. P. R., Kleber, R. J., van der Velden, P. G., Roskam, A.-J., Christiaanse, B., Drogendijk, A. N., & Olff, M. (2005). Disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and sustained attention: Evaluation of depressive symptomatology and sleep disturbances as mediators. Journal of traumatic stress, 18(4), 299-302. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20037

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