By the Numbers: 10 July 2023
12.1%
The prevalence of trauma associated sleep disorder (TASD) in a sample of 3,618 post-9/11 veterans (22.7% female), according to an article published earlier this year in the journal Military Medicine -- Probable trauma associated sleep disorder in post-9/11 US Veterans.
Veterans with TASD had a much higher comorbid prevalence of PTSD (PR: 3.72, 95% CI: 3.41 to 4.06) and MDD (PR: 3.93, 95% CI: 3.48 to 4.43). Combat was the highest reported most distressing traumatic experience among veterans with TASD (62.6%). When stratifying by sex, female veterans with TASD had a wider variety of traumatic experiences.
12.1%
The prevalence of trauma associated sleep disorder (TASD) in a sample of 3,618 post-9/11 veterans (22.7% female), according to an article published earlier this year in the journal Military Medicine -- Probable trauma associated sleep disorder in post-9/11 US Veterans.
Veterans with TASD had a much higher comorbid prevalence of PTSD (PR: 3.72, 95% CI: 3.41 to 4.06) and MDD (PR: 3.93, 95% CI: 3.48 to 4.43). Combat was the highest reported most distressing traumatic experience among veterans with TASD (62.6%). When stratifying by sex, female veterans with TASD had a wider variety of traumatic experiences.