ArticleAmerican journal of public health2012
Co-occurring lower respiratory symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder 5 to 6 years after the World Trade Center terrorist attack.
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- World Trade Center disaster exposure-related probable posttraumatic stress disorder among responders and civilians: a meta-analysis.PloS one · 2014Pooled it
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- Factors Related to the Probable PTSD after the 9/11 World Trade Center Attack among Asian Americans.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018Article
- Comorbidity amplifies the effects of post-9/11 posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories on health-related quality of life.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Injury, intense dust exposure, and chronic disease among survivors of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Injury epidemiology · 2017Article
- Risk factors for persistence of lower respiratory symptoms among community members exposed to the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Asthma control in adolescents 10 to 11 y after exposure to the World Trade Center disaster.Pediatric research · 2017Article
- Quality of Life of Persons Injured on 9/11: Qualitative Analysis from the World Trade Center Health Registry.PLoS currents · 2016Article
- Destruction of the World Trade Center Towers. Lessons Learned from an Environmental Health Disaster.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2016Review
- DSM-IV post-traumatic stress disorder among World Trade Center responders 11-13 years after the disaster of 11 September 2001 (9/11).Psychological medicine · 2016Article
- Evaluation of non-response bias in a cohort study of World Trade Center terrorist attack survivors.BMC research notes · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe have described the epidemiology of co-occurring lower respiratory symptoms (LRS) and probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 5 to 6 years after exposure to the 9/11 disaster.
methodsWe analyzed residents, office workers, and passersby (n = 16,363) in the World Trade Center Health Registry. Using multivariable logistic regression, we examined patterns of reported respiratory symptoms, treatment sought for symptoms, diagnosed respiratory conditions, mental health comorbidities, quality of life, and unmet health care needs in relation to comorbidity.
resultsAmong individuals with either LRS or PTSD, 24.6% had both conditions. The odds of comorbidity was significantly higher among those with more severe 9/11 exposures. Independent of 9/11 exposures, participants with LRS had 4 times the odds of those without it of meeting criteria for PTSD, and those with PTSD had 4 times the odds of those without it of meeting criteria for LRS. Participants with comorbidity had worse quality of life and more unmet mental health care needs than did all other outcome groups.
conclusionsRespiratory and mental illness are closely linked in individuals exposed to 9/11 and should be considered jointly in public health outreach and treatment programs.
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