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dc.contributor.author | Pereira, M. Graça | por |
dc.contributor.author | Machado, José C. | por |
dc.contributor.author | Pereira, Marta | por |
dc.contributor.author | Lopes, Cristiana | por |
dc.contributor.author | Pedras, Carla Susana Abreu | por |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-26T15:42:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-26T15:42:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019-02 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2018-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Pereira, M. G., Machado, J. C., Pereira, M., Lopes, C., & Pedras, S. (2019). Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Patient related outcome measures, 10, 49 | por |
dc.identifier.issn | 1179-271X | por |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/69737 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Studies show that post-traumatic stress symptoms among Portuguese veterans who participated in Colonial War (1961-75) are high, even though 43 years have gone by since the end of the war. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Studies show that post-traumatic stress symptoms among Portuguese veterans who participated in Colonial War (1961-75) are high, even though 43 years have gone by since the end of the war.Aims: This study analyzed the role of family type, personality traits, and social support as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms and quality of life in war veterans, and whether satisfaction with social support was a mediator between neuroticism/post-traumatic stress symptoms and quality of life.Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted including 230 war veterans with a mean age of 60 years (SD=3.82).Results: Results indicated a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms as well as high neuroticism, 16.5 (SD=4.41); 81% of veterans presented high psychological distress, suggesting emotional disturbance and 71% belonged to extreme families (families with cohesion and adaptability problems). Results showed that age (beta=-0.166, p<0.05), social support (beta=-0.184, p<0.01), and neuroticism (beta=0.325, p<0.001) predicted post-traumatic stress symptoms. Age, professional status, social support, post-traumatic stress symptoms, family type, neuroticism, and extroversion predicted different dimensions of quality of life. Finally, a path analysis showed that satisfaction with social support was a mediator in the relationship between neuroticism and quality of life (beta=-0.066; p<0.01) and between post-traumatic stress symptoms and quality of life (beta=-0.108; p<0.01).Conclusion: Four decades after the Colonial War have passed, there is still a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms. Screening elderly veterans who present post-traumatic stress symptoms, for the presence of neuroticism traits, and assessing family type and social support, should be a standard practice in health care services, especially in the oldest and those who are retired. Social support should be promoted in order to enhance quality of life in this population. | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | por |
dc.publisher | Dove Press Ltd | por |
dc.rights | openAccess | por |
dc.subject | War veterans | por |
dc.subject | Post-traumatic stress symptoms | por |
dc.subject | Personality traits | por |
dc.subject | Social support | por |
dc.subject | Quality of life | por |
dc.title | Quality of life in elderly Portuguese war veterans with post-traumatic stress symptoms | por |
dc.type | article | - |
dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.dovepress.com/quality-of-life-in-elderly-portuguese-war-veterans-with-post-traumatic-peer-reviewed-article-PROM | por |
oaire.citationStartPage | 49 | por |
oaire.citationEndPage | 58 | por |
oaire.citationVolume | 10 | por |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1179-271X | por |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2147/PROM.S163698 | por |
dc.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais::Psicologia | por |
dc.subject.wos | Science & Technology | por |
sdum.journal | Patient Related Outcome Measures | por |
oaire.version | VoR | por |
dc.subject.ods | Saúde de qualidade | por |
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