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  • Title: [Persistent dissociation as predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder in psychosocial disaster workers].
    Author: Brauchle G.
    Journal: Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol; 2006 Aug; 56(8):342-6. PubMed ID: 16807817.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The author prospectively examined the power of persistent dissociation in predicting acute and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) in psychologists, psychotherapists, crisis intervention teams and clergymen after a disaster. METHODS: 135 psychosocial disaster workers were assessed (6 weeks and 6 months after the catastrophe) with the Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS), the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and the German short version of the Dissociative Experience Scale (FDS-20). Correlational analysis and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis were conducted. RESULTS: Persistent dissociation and acute stress symptoms were correlated with later acute and chronic PTSD diagnosis. Together, persistent dissociation und acute stress symptoms accounted for 74 % (m)/36 % (w) of the acute and 58 % (m)/44 % (w) of the variance in PTSD symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The results support that persistent dissociation is a main predictor of acute and chronic posttraumatic stress symptoms in disaster workers.
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