@article{ref1,
title="Gender, trauma type, and PTSD prevalence: a re-analysis of 18 nordic convenience samples",
journal="Annals of general psychiatry",
year="2012",
author="Ditlevsen, Daniel N. and Elklit, Ask",
volume="11",
number="1",
pages="26-26",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to examine a possible trauma type related variance in the gender difference of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence. METHODS: An analysis was conducted on 18 convenience sample studies including data from a total of 5220 participants. The studies all applied the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire -- part IV to assess PTSD. Cohen's d was used to measure variance in gender differences. Trauma types included disasters and accidents, violence, loss, chronic disease and non-malignant diseases. RESULTS: The results showed an overall gender difference in PTSD prevalence similar to previous findings. Thus, women had a two-fold higher prevalence of PTSD than men. Besides categorical analyses, dimensional analyses of PTSD severity were also performed; the latter were associated with twice as large effect sizes. Females were more vulnerable to PTSD after disasters and accidents, followed by loss and non-malignant diseases. In violence and chronic disease, the gender differences were smallest. CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the existence of a trauma type related variance in gender differences in PTSD prevalence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1744-859X",
doi="10.1186/1744-859X-11-26",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-11-26"
}