Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia,
Psychiatr Danub. 2019 Dec;31(Suppl 5):761-768.
Different studies clearly show that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is important factor in a reduction of the overall quality of life. PTSD remains a substantial problem in Croatia, nearly three decades after the beginning of the Croatian Homeland war. In this paper, we present results of our original research about impact of PTSD on the self-perceived health-related quality of life and social support in Croatian Homeland war veterans.
A total of 277 war veterans were included from all Croatian counties. 158 (57.03%) veterans has PTSD and 119 (42.47%) are without PTSD. Strucured questionnaire was designed for socio-demographic data and information about combat experience and health problems. SF-36 was used in the estimation of health-related quality of life and Multidimesional Scale for Perceived Social Support for estimation of social support. Research was performed from June 2017 till November 2017.
Main results of the study suggest that Croatian veterans with PTSD have lower health-related quality of life in almost all doimains, and that they perceive less social support from family, friends and significant others in comparison to veterans without PTSD.
The results of this study reiterate strong impact of PTSD on quality of life and perception of social support. The research speaks in favor of the need to develop person-centered interdisciplinry health-care programs for this population, with special emphasis on their overall quality of life.
不同的研究清楚地表明，创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）是降低整体生活质量的重要因素。近三十年来，克罗地亚的家园战争结束后，PTSD 仍然是一个重大问题。在本文中，我们介绍了我们关于 PTSD 对克罗地亚家园战争退伍军人自我感知健康相关生活质量和社会支持影响的原始研究结果。
共纳入来自克罗地亚所有县的 277 名退伍军人。158 名（57.03%）退伍军人患有 PTSD，119 名（42.47%）退伍军人没有 PTSD。设计了结构化问卷，用于收集社会人口统计学数据以及有关战斗经历和健康问题的信息。SF-36 用于评估健康相关的生活质量，多维感知社会支持量表用于评估社会支持。研究于 2017 年 6 月至 2017 年 11 月进行。
研究的主要结果表明，患有 PTSD 的克罗地亚退伍军人在几乎所有领域的健康相关生活质量都较低，并且与没有 PTSD 的退伍军人相比，他们感知到的来自家人、朋友和重要他人的社会支持较少。
这项研究的结果再次强调了 PTSD 对生活质量和社会支持感知的强烈影响。该研究表明，有必要为这一人群制定以患者为中心的跨学科保健方案，特别强调他们的整体生活质量。
