TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous reports of emotional upset and health care utilization among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder after receiving a potentially upsetting survey
AU - Halek, Krysten
AU - Murdoch, Maureen
AU - Fortier, Larry
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - This study assessed the effects of a potentially distressing mailed survey on the emotional well-being and health care utilization (HCU) of 4,918 male and female veterans who applied for posttraumatic stress disorder disability benefits. Content analysis of spontaneous comments, in combination with analysis of subjects' HCU before and after receipt of the survey, suggested that spontaneously disclosed episodes of emotional upset were rare. In general, surveyed veterans' HCU decreased after receipt of the survey.
AB - This study assessed the effects of a potentially distressing mailed survey on the emotional well-being and health care utilization (HCU) of 4,918 male and female veterans who applied for posttraumatic stress disorder disability benefits. Content analysis of spontaneous comments, in combination with analysis of subjects' HCU before and after receipt of the survey, suggested that spontaneously disclosed episodes of emotional upset were rare. In general, surveyed veterans' HCU decreased after receipt of the survey.
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U2 - 10.1037/0002-9432.75.1.142
DO - 10.1037/0002-9432.75.1.142
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15709857
AN - SCOPUS:13844312860
SN - 0002-9432
VL - 75
SP - 142
EP - 151
JO - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
JF - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
IS - 1
ER -