Journal article
Trauma in Veterans With Substance Use Disorder: Similar Treatment Need Among Urban and Rural Residents
The Journal of rural health, Vol.33(3), pp.314-322
06/01/2017
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12199
PMID: 27504603
Abstract
PurposeThe objective of this study is to determine whether rural residence is associated with trauma exposure or posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among military veterans seeking treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Delivering mental health services to veterans in rural areas is a challenge, so identifying differences in the causes and outcomes of trauma exposure would assist in effectively targeting service delivery.
MethodsVeterans (N = 196) entering SUD treatment at 3 Midwestern VA treatment centers were designated as either urban or rural, based on rural-urban commuting area (RUCA) codes. The veterans completed the Life Events Checklist, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist, and the Addiction Severity Index's psychiatric status subscale. Hypothesized relationships between rural-urban residence and both trauma exposure and symptomology were tested using independent samples t tests, chi-square tests, and ordinary least squares regression.
FindingsThe range of traumatic experiences was similar between rural and urban veterans, and rural-urban residence was not significantly associated with the overall array of traumas experienced or the symptom measures' overall scores or subscores. Of 17 possible traumatic lifetime experiences, rural veterans differed from urban veterans on only 2, reporting significantly lower rates of transportation accidents and unwanted sexual experiences.
ConclusionsIn both the causes of trauma and the need for treatment, veterans residing in rural areas differ little from their urban counterparts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Trauma in Veterans With Substance Use Disorder: Similar Treatment Need Among Urban and Rural Residents
- Creators
- Lance Brendan Young - Western Illinois UniversityChristine Timko - VA Palo Alto Health Care SystemKimberly A. Tyler - University of Nebraska–LincolnKathleen M. Grant - VA Nebraska Western Iowa Hlth Care Syst, Subst Use Disorders Program, Omaha, NE USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of rural health, Vol.33(3), pp.314-322
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/jrh.12199
- PMID
- 27504603
- ISSN
- 0890-765X
- eISSN
- 1748-0361
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- N32-FY13Q1-S1-P00642 / Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Dentistry Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984367723202771
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