Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Short and Medium Term Following the World Trade Center Attack Among Asian Americans

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• Personal Author:
  Goldmann E ; Huang D ; Kim K ; Kim P ; Kung WW ; Liu X ; Wang X ; Yang LH
• Description:
  This study investigated patterns of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their predictors among 2,431 Asian American and 31,455 non-Hispanic White World Trade Center (WTC) Registry participants 2-3 years and 5-6 years after the WTC attack. Participants were divided into four PTSD pattern groups: resilient, remitted, delayed onset, and chronic. Asians had a lower proportion in the resilient group (76.5% vs. 79.8%), a higher proportion in the chronic (8.6% vs. 7.4%) and remitted (5.9% vs. 3.4%) groups, and a similar proportion in the delayed onset group (about 9%) compared to Whites. In multinomial logistic regression analyses, disaster exposure, immigrant status, lower income, pre-attack depression/anxiety, and lower respiratory symptoms were associated with increased odds of chronic and delayed onset PTSD (vs. resilience) among both races. Education and employment were protective against chronic and delayed onset PTSD among Whites only. These results can inform targeted outreach efforts to enhance prevention and treatment for Asians affected by future events. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Occupational Health Race Factors Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Community Health Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Psychological Factors PTSD Racial Factors Sociological Factors World Trade Center WTC
• ISSN:
  0090-4392
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052332
• Citation:
  J Community Psychol 2018 Nov; 46(8):1075-1091
• Contact Point Address:
  Winnie Kung, Fordham University
• Email:
  kung@fordham.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Fordham University, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20140701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Community Psychology
• End Date:
  20170630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28eb24bf28982cf13a4daf68f8d7e97efadbcd41437bda032a5b94c04333f350bb9b61c569cc41c067f293ab96da89de5d406d451d5b63e6e62a6888edc5a20e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211876/cdc_211876_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 248.10 KB ]