Department of Psychology, University of Memphis and Memphis Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
J Trauma Stress. 2010 Feb;23(1):108-11. doi: 10.1002/jts.20482.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol abuse both are negatively associated with health, and alcohol misuse may mediate the relationship between PTSD and functional health outcomes. The present study tested for such mediation using self-report measures of PTSD symptoms, hazardous alcohol use, and health functioning in 151 U.S. veterans (136 men and 15 women) of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan recruited from a Veterans Affairs primary care clinic. Based on established cut scores, 39.1% screened positive for PTSD and 26.5% screened positive for hazardous drinking. PTSD symptoms and hazardous drinking were significantly correlated with each other and with health functioning. Hazardous drinking was found to partially mediate the relationship between PTSD and functional mental health, but not physical health.
创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)和酗酒均与健康状况呈负相关,而酒精滥用可能在 PTSD 与功能健康结果之间起中介作用。本研究使用 PTSD 症状、危险饮酒和健康功能的自我报告衡量标准,对 151 名来自退伍军人事务部初级保健诊所的伊拉克和阿富汗战争美国退伍军人(136 名男性和 15 名女性)进行了测试,以检验这种中介作用。根据既定的划分标准,有 39.1%的人 PTSD 呈阳性,26.5%的人有危险饮酒行为。PTSD 症状和危险饮酒与彼此以及与健康功能显著相关。发现危险饮酒行为部分中介了 PTSD 与心理健康功能之间的关系,但与身体健康功能无关。