Peritraumatic distress fully mediates the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms preoperative and three months postoperative in patients undergoing spine surgery

Peritraumatic distress fully mediates the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms preoperative and three months postoperative in patients undergoing spine surgery

Background: Growing evidence shows the significance of illness and surgical procedures as traumatizing stressors. Risk factors are widely investigated in various settings and samples, using numerous measures of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While pretrauma psychologi...

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Main Authors: Ehab Shiban, Jens Lehmberg, Ute Hoffmann, Jeff Thiel, Thomas Probst, Margret Friedl, Andreas Mühlberger, Bernhard Meyer, Youssef Shiban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Subjects:
posttraumatic stress disorder
risk factors
peritraumatic distress
elective spine surgery
mediation analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1423824

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1423824

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