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Childhood Trauma in Multiple Sclerosis A Case-Control Study

Childhood Trauma in Multiple Sclerosis A Case-Control Study CARSTEN SPITZER,MD, MIRIAM BOUCHAIN,LIZA Y. WINKLER,MD, KATJA WINGENFELD,PHD, STEFAN M. GOLD,PHD, HANS JOERGEN GRABE,MD, SVEN BARNOW,PHD, CHRISTIAN OTTE,MD, AND CHRISTOPH HEESEN,MD Objective: To investigate the association between childhood trauma and multiple sclerosis (MS) by comparing histories of child abuse and neglect between patients with MS and adults from the general population in a cross-sectional case-control study. Previous research has demonstrated a connection between MS and a variety of emotional stressors, but childhood trauma, which is known to have long-lasting negative consequences for physical health decades into adulthood, has not been studied. Methods: The self-reported Childhood Trauma Questionnaire for the assessment of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and emotional and physical neglect was administered to 234 patients with definite MS and 885 adults from the general population. Results: After adjusting for socio- demographic factors and current depression, patients with MS scored significantly higher in all Childhood Trauma Questionnaire subscales apart from physical abuse and neglect than adults from the general population. Adjusted odds ratios for these types of childhood trauma were higher in the MS group than in controls, ranging from 2.0 for emotional neglect (95% confidence interval = 1.3Y3.2) to 3.4 for emotional abuse (95% confidence interval = 2.0Y5.7). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychosomatic Medicine Wolters Kluwer Health

Childhood Trauma in Multiple Sclerosis A Case-Control Study

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Copyright © 2012 by the American Psychosomatic Society
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0033-3174
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1534-7796
DOI
10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824c2013
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22408134
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CARSTEN SPITZER,MD, MIRIAM BOUCHAIN,LIZA Y. WINKLER,MD, KATJA WINGENFELD,PHD, STEFAN M. GOLD,PHD, HANS JOERGEN GRABE,MD, SVEN BARNOW,PHD, CHRISTIAN OTTE,MD, AND CHRISTOPH HEESEN,MD Objective: To investigate the association between childhood trauma and multiple sclerosis (MS) by comparing histories of child abuse and neglect between patients with MS and adults from the general population in a cross-sectional case-control study. Previous research has demonstrated a connection between MS and a variety of emotional stressors, but childhood trauma, which is known to have long-lasting negative consequences for physical health decades into adulthood, has not been studied. Methods: The self-reported Childhood Trauma Questionnaire for the assessment of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and emotional and physical neglect was administered to 234 patients with definite MS and 885 adults from the general population. Results: After adjusting for socio- demographic factors and current depression, patients with MS scored significantly higher in all Childhood Trauma Questionnaire subscales apart from physical abuse and neglect than adults from the general population. Adjusted odds ratios for these types of childhood trauma were higher in the MS group than in controls, ranging from 2.0 for emotional neglect (95% confidence interval = 1.3Y3.2) to 3.4 for emotional abuse (95% confidence interval = 2.0Y5.7).

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Psychosomatic Medicine – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Apr 1, 2012

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