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Assessment of Chronic Pain in Military Patients with PTSD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

E. Ben Zina ,
M.W. Krir ,
H. Bel Hadj ,
A. Tajmout ,
C. Ben Cheikh ,
H. El Kefi  and
A. Omaya
E. Ben Zina
Affiliation:
Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Psychiatry, Ariana, Tunisia
M.W. Krir
Affiliation:
Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Psychiatry, Tunis, Tunisia
H. Bel Hadj
Affiliation:
Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Psychiatry, Ariana, Tunisia
A. Tajmout
Affiliation:
Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Psychiatry, Ariana, Tunisia
C. Ben Cheikh
Affiliation:
Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Psychiatry, Ariana, Tunisia
H. El Kefi
Affiliation:
Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Psychiatry, Ariana, Tunisia
A. Omaya
Affiliation:
Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis, Psychiatry, Ariana, Tunisia

Abstract

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Introduction

Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presents often with several concomitant physical and mental health problems. Recent evidence suggests that pain is one of the most commonly reported symptoms in patients with PTSD, regardless of the nature of their traumatic experience.

Aim of the study

To evaluate chronic pain in patients with PTSD in a Tunisian military sample.

Methods

Transversal descriptive study of a sample of 22 patients treated for PTSD in the Principal Military Hospital of Instruction of Tunis during the period between August and October 2016.

The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HAD), and the Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI-SF) were administered for patients.

Results

All the patients of the study were male. The mean age of the sample was 29.6 years. Fifty percent presented with a co-morbid major depression and 59.1% with chronic pain symptoms. Locations of chronic pain were as follow: limb pain (69.23%), back pain (38.46%), headache (30.76%) and torso pain (7.69%). Sequelae from combat-related trauma were present in 31.8% of cases.

Conclusion

The results of this study illustrate a high rate of chronic pain symptoms among PTSD patients. This suggests that closer attention should be given to the interaction of medical problems, especially pain, with PTSD symptomatology in clinical management and in future research.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Viewing: Post-traumatic stress disorder
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S721
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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