Predictors of Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following Burn Injury: Results of a Longitudinal Study

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• 作者：Van Loey ; N. E. E. ; Maas ; C. J. M. ; Faber ; A. W. ; Taal ; L. A.
• 关键词：posttraumatic stress ; burns ; anxiety ; dissociation ; pain ; multilevel analysis
• 刊名：Journal of Traumatic Stress
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：16
• 期：4
• 页码：361-369
• 全文大小：56 KB
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Stress and Coping
  Clinical Psychology
  Psychiatry
  Personality and Social Psychology
  Public Health
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-6598

文摘

The authors' goal was to examine the course and predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms among persons hospitalized for burns. A total of 301 participants completed self-report measures assessing peritraumatic mental state, anxiety related to pain, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Twenty-six percent of the participants were suffering from posttraumatic stress symptoms at 2–3 weeks postburn and 15% of them at 12 months postburns. In general, a decrease in symptoms was observed over time, although a substantial part of the participants with acute stress symptoms suffers from chronic posttraumatic stress symptoms 1-year postburn. Symptoms were predicted by anxiety measures and objective factors, such as female gender, locus, and severity of injury.