ArticleAnnals of general psychiatry2013
Posttraumatic stress disorder and health: a preliminary study of group differences in health and health behaviors.
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- Association between posttraumatic stress disorder and lack of exercise, poor diet, obesity, and co-occuring smoking: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2018Pooled it
- Diet quality and exercise in older veterans with PTSD: a pilot study.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Associations of Cancer-Related Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Gender With Health Behaviors Among Caregivers of Adult Patients With Colorectal Cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2026Article
- Sex-specific role of high-fat diet and stress on behavior, energy metabolism, and the ventromedial hypothalamus.Biology of sex differences · 2024Article
- Increase in physical activity is associated with an increase in sleep efficiency, but not with improvement in symptoms of PTSD: analysis of longitudinal data in trauma-affected refugees.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Article
- Sexually dimorphic role of diet and stress on behavior, energy metabolism, and the ventromedial hypothalamus.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- A Mendelian randomization study of genetic liability to post-traumatic stress disorder and risk of ischemic stroke.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mid-age and older adults differs by immigrant status and ethnicity, nutrition, and other determinants of health in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Article
- Emotion regulation and the association between PTSD, diet, and exercise: a longitudinal evaluation among US military veterans.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
- Conditions Associated with Essential Tremor in Veterans: A Potential Role for Chronic Stress.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Article
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Problematic Overeating Behaviors in Young Men and Women.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2017Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiometabolic disease: improving causal inference to inform practice.Psychological medicine · 2017Review
- Black-white disparities in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic illness.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2016Observational
- Effectiveness of an intervention in increasing the provision of preventive care by community mental health services: a non-randomized, multiple baseline implementation trial.Implementation science : IS · 2016Article
- Early life adversity and/or posttraumatic stress disorder severity are associated with poor diet quality, including consumption of trans fatty acids, and fewer hours of resting or sleeping in a US middle-aged population: A cross-sectional and prospective study.Metabolism: clinical and experimental · 2015Article
- Stress- and PTSD-associated obesity and metabolic dysfunction: a growing problem requiring further research and novel treatments.Metabolism: clinical and experimental · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndividuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to undertake harmful health behaviors like substance use. Less is known about the association of PTSD with healthful behaviors such as healthy diet and exercise. The purpose of this study was to examine differences across physical health indicators and health behaviors in individuals with and without PTSD.
methodsA cross-sectional, case-control study of health indicators and self-reported health behaviors in a community and military veteran sample was used.
resultsBased on a structured psychiatric interview, 25 participants had PTSD, and the remaining 55 without PTSD served as the comparison group. Participants were 40 years old on average and 45% were female. Multivariate analysis of variance analyses revealed that participants with PTSD had significantly higher body mass index (p = 0.004), had more alcohol use (p = 0.007), and reported fewer minutes of vigorous exercise (p = 0.020) than those without PTSD. Chi-square analysis of diet content and eating behavior constructs found that individuals with PTSD ate fewer fruits (p = 0.035) and had more guilt after overeating (p = 0.006).
conclusionsThese findings replicate prior research on the link between PTSD and negative health outcomes and engagement in harmful health behaviors and highlight the need for further examination of the association between PTSD and other health behaviors like diet content, eating behaviors, and exercise.
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