Totally ignored other causes of PTSD so more research will need to be done for stroke caused PTSD. Bad research.
With your 23% chance of stroke survivors getting PTSD
what treatments is your doctor prescribing?
You may need this so you better hope like hell that your doctor and stroke hospital know enough to be creating this type of research.
PTSD with other factors increase risk for CVD
February 13, 2019
The increased risk for
CVD in patients with PTSD was associated with psychiatric and physical
conditions, in addition to smoking, according to a study published in
the Journal of the American Heart Association.
“This suggests there is no single comorbidity or behavior that explains the link between PTSD and cardiovascular disease,” Jeffrey Scherrer, PhD, professor and director of the division of research in the department of family and community medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, said in a press release. “Instead, a combination of physical disorders, psychiatric disorders and smoking — that are more common in patients with PTSD vs. without PTSD — appear to explain the association between PTSD and developing cardiovascular disease.”
Researchers analyzed Veterans Affairs electronic medical record data
from 4,178 patients (mean age, 50 years; 87% men) who had two or more
visits to a VA medical center between 2008 and 2012. Patients were
either in the PTSD group (n = 2,519; mean age, 49 years; 87% men) or the
control group (n = 1,659; mean age, 52 years; 87% men).
Data that were assessed included vital signs, diagnosis codes, medications, laboratory results, type of clinic encounter and demographic data. Patients did not have CVD for at least 1 year before the index date, which was defined as either the second visit to a clinic for the control group or the second visit with a PTSD diagnosis for those in the PTSD group.
PTSD was significantly linked to incident CVD after adjusting for age (HR = 1.41; 95% CI, 1.21-1.63). This relationship weakened but remained significant after adjusting for physical conditions (HR = 1.23; 95% CI, 1.06-1.44).
The association between PTSD and CVD was no longer present after adjusting for sleep disorders, substance abuse/dependence, smoking and other anxiety disorder and depression diagnoses (HR = 0.96; 95% CI, 0.81-1.15).
“Recognizing that PTSD does not preordain CVD may empower patients to seek care to prevent and/or manage CVD risk factors,” Scherrer and colleagues wrote. “Patients without PTSD are also at risk of CVD if they smoke, have sleep disorder, depression or metabolic disease. In both patient populations, the risk of CVD can be mitigated with health behavior change and effective chronic disease management.” – by Darlene Dobkowski
Disclosures: The study was supported by the NHLBI. Scherrer reports he receives compensation as an editor for Family Practice. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures.
“This suggests there is no single comorbidity or behavior that explains the link between PTSD and cardiovascular disease,” Jeffrey Scherrer, PhD, professor and director of the division of research in the department of family and community medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, said in a press release. “Instead, a combination of physical disorders, psychiatric disorders and smoking — that are more common in patients with PTSD vs. without PTSD — appear to explain the association between PTSD and developing cardiovascular disease.”
Data that were assessed included vital signs, diagnosis codes, medications, laboratory results, type of clinic encounter and demographic data. Patients did not have CVD for at least 1 year before the index date, which was defined as either the second visit to a clinic for the control group or the second visit with a PTSD diagnosis for those in the PTSD group.
PTSD was significantly linked to incident CVD after adjusting for age (HR = 1.41; 95% CI, 1.21-1.63). This relationship weakened but remained significant after adjusting for physical conditions (HR = 1.23; 95% CI, 1.06-1.44).
The association between PTSD and CVD was no longer present after adjusting for sleep disorders, substance abuse/dependence, smoking and other anxiety disorder and depression diagnoses (HR = 0.96; 95% CI, 0.81-1.15).
“Recognizing that PTSD does not preordain CVD may empower patients to seek care to prevent and/or manage CVD risk factors,” Scherrer and colleagues wrote. “Patients without PTSD are also at risk of CVD if they smoke, have sleep disorder, depression or metabolic disease. In both patient populations, the risk of CVD can be mitigated with health behavior change and effective chronic disease management.” – by Darlene Dobkowski
Disclosures: The study was supported by the NHLBI. Scherrer reports he receives compensation as an editor for Family Practice. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures.
I'm not a veteran, but I do have (documented) PTSD. It was the only thing that could qualify me for my medical marijuana card. That's right, not the stroke or the hemiplegia or the post-stroke fatigue and associated pain or being in a wheelchair(thanks, Stroke Associations, NOT), but PTSD. Well, whatever, right? My PTSD is now documented by the state of Florida, and I have medical marijuana, and it actually helps some. It also cheers me up quite a bit.
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