ABSTRACT
Objective:Traffic accidents is one of the most common causes of acute stress disorder (ASD), and it will affect the health of patients.This study aimed to investigate the acute stress symptoms and related factors in traffic accident survivors.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted.The general information questionnaire, Acute Stress Disorders Scale (ASDS), Patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Patient' s Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) were used to investigate survivors in admission 2-30 days.Results:Fourteen survivors had acute stress symptoms in 63 (22.2％) survivors.Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that survivors with depression, more serious physical symptoms and whether alone when the accident happened was a common experience accounted for 66.8％ of the survivors' acute stress disorder.Conclusion:This study suggests the detection of acute stress symptoms in traffic accident survivors is higher, and there is a correlation with survivors' depression, physical symptoms, and whether alone when the accident happened.Acute stress symptoms could be screened in time for survivors with depressive and severe somatic symptoms.