[pubmed] Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after respiratory insufficiency in patients with myasthenia gravis

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Psychol Health Med. 2020 Sep 2:1-7. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1807577. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

To explore posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) after respiratory insufficiency in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). The investigation was made with 134 adult patients with MG, after respiratory insufficiency, between January 2012 and January 2016 and had a return visit after one year. 134 patients finished this study and 69 patients (51.5%) had PTSD. Anxiety (HADS-A ≥ 8, HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) (OR 2.585,95% CI 1.102-6.061, p = 0.029), and depression (HADS-D ≥ 8) (OR 3.200, 95% CI 1.395-7.342, p = 0.006) were associated with greater probabilities of screening positive for PTSD. Gender, age, intubation, yearly income, marriage, inability to work, number of respiratory insufficiency episodes, education level, Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) (>20), ICU stays, having insurance, and MG-activities of daily living (ADL) (

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