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Posttraumatic stress symptoms, anxiety and depression in burn-victims patients

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: There is a growing interest in the investigation of the emotional consequences related to burns. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of posttraumatic stress (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms among burnt inpatients in the Hospital Municipal de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil). In patients’ symptomatology was assessed with the Screen for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (SPTSS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). It was found that burn-victims patients showed high levels of psychopathology, including clinically-relevant PTSD (21.7% of participants), and moderate-to-severe anxiety (25%) and depression (30%) symptoms. Overall, burn extension and degree weren’t associated to the level of symptomatology. Taken together, the findings

Source: Arquivos brasileiros de psicologia

Authors: Letícia Galery Medeiros, Christian Haag Kristensen, Rosa M. M. de Almeida

Institutions: Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2242890024

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Cites: 29

Cited by: 1

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