Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Police Officers

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel CM ; Dorn J ; Hartley T ; Miller DB ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  The present study examined associations of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms with subclinical cardiovascular disease in police officers. A stratified sample of 100 police officers was randomly selected from the Buffalo, New York, Police Department. Cardiovascular disease biomarkers were assessed by ultrasound of the brachial artery (flow-mediated dilation [FMD]). PTSD symptoms were measured with the Impact of Event Scale (IES). FMD was lowest in the severe PTSD symptom category when compared to the mild PTSD symptom category (1.91 vs. 5.15% increase, respectively; p=.21) even after adjustment for lifestyle and demographics. In conclusion, higher PTSD symptomatology in this police sample was associated with a nearly twofold reduction in brachial artery FMD, a biomarker for subclinical cardiovascular disease. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomarkers Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Demography Law Enforcement Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  BCOPS Cardiovascular-disease Demographic-characteristics Law-enforcement-workers Police-officers Post-traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Risk-analysis Stress
• ISSN:
  1072-5245
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031412
• Citation:
  Int J Stress Manag 2006 Nov; 13(4):541-554
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Stress Management
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:844e87cb16ffa19216b68556af1ed66663ab6c9ea8b87c140e04f1d49eeeaa60c974d88ae57256d5c9fc5d2bafc6d1f0f356b539470f22377d35f9a5910ddd9b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191652/cdc_191652_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.94 MB ]