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.