PTSD after Traffic Accident / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the rate of PTSD after traffic accident in orthopedics and do retrospective analysis. Method: Eighty one patients wounded by traffic accident in orthopedic ward were surveyed. Acute stress reaction (ASR) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were diagnosed according to CCMD-2-R criteria. SCL-90 and EPQ were also applied. Results: 33 cases (40.7%) were diagnosed as ASR and 31 (38.3%) as PTSD among all subjects. SCL-90 score and nearly all subscores were higher in patients with PTSD than patients without (P