Published in:
01-06-2020 | Care | Concise Research Report
Medical Patients with PTSD Identify Issues with Hospitalization
Authors:
Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD MA, Jamie Collins, MD, Brian Holzhauer, RN, Flower Lewis, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN, Molly Hendricks, MS, RN, CNS-BC
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 6/2020
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Excerpt
PTSD is common, with a US prevalence of 6.8%.
1 Among veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, the number approaches 14%.
2 Hospitalization can be traumatizing for even those who do not have PTSD, and yet little information about the patient experience exists to guide care. At present, the literature about the experience of hospitalized medical patients with PTSD is limited to case reports.
3 We sought to understand patients’ ideas about how hospitalization impacted their PTSD symptoms and what patients thought could be done to prevent exacerbations of symptoms in the hospital. …
