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2118 – Cognitive Functioning Negatively Correlated With Severity Of Trauma Experiences, And Symptoms Severity Of Ptsd, Depressiveness And Anxiety In Bosnia-herzegovina War Veterans After 1992–1995 War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

N. Aljukić ,
M. Hasanović  and
I. Pajević
N. Aljukić
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina School of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina
M. Hasanović
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina School of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina
I. Pajević
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina School of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Abstract

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Aim

Our aim was to investigate is there association between level of cogmitive funtionings and severity of PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms, amd anxiety symptos.

Subjects and methods

We tested 104 war veterans on presence of PTSD, depression symptoms, anxiety, and level of cognitive functionongs.We used Harvard trauma questionnaire (HTQ) for assessment of severity of PTSD symptoms, Hopkins Check Scale (SBCL 25) for severity of depressiveness and anxiety, mini mental status (MINI) for severity of cognitive impairs.

Results

Mean age of tested subjects was 50.6 (SD=5.2) years. The score of the cognitive functionings negatively correlated to severity of trauma experiences (Pearson's r -0.310, p= 0.001), to PTSD symptom severity and depressiveness (Pearson's r=-0.649, p< 0.001; r=-0.606, p< 0.001, respectively). Besides that the score of cognitive functioning negatively correlated with presented anxiety (Pearson's r=-0.566,p< 0.001).

Conclusion

Trauma experiences severity, PTSD symptoms severity, depressiveness and anxiety symptoms severity decreised cognitive functiongs in war veterans seventeen years asfter war 1992-1995 quited in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1297
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