Memories and prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in intensive care units

Karla Bender Rovatti; Maycoln Teodoro; Elisa Kern de Castro

doi:10.1590/S0102-79722012000300009

Memories and prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in intensive care units

Karla Bender Rovatti, Maycoln Teodoro, Elisa Kern de Castro

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The present study evaluated the prevalence of PTSD indicators in patients who had to be hospitalized in ICU six months after being discharged and examined the relationship between PTSD and mnemonic memories. Participants were 41 adult patients with different diseases who answered questionnaires about PTSD, memory and clinical information. It was identified that 24.4% of the sample presented PTSD symptoms. These patients presented more affective memories than those without PTSD (t=2.29, p<.05). Affective memories correlated with total PTSD and with the dimensions 'reliving' (r=.443, p<.01) and 'excitability' (r=.403, p<.01). Hierarchical regression analysis showed that sex (woman) and the presence of affective memories were PTSD predictors, explaining 38.2% of the variance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	499-505
Number of pages	7
Journal	Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-79722012000300009
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Intensive care units
Memory
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Quality of life

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