Citation

Ghanizadeh A, Tavassoli M. J. Trauma Nurs. 2007; 14(3): 165-169.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. ghanizad@sina.tums.ac.ir

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Society of Trauma Nurses)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18080581

Abstract

This study surveys the prevalence of exposed traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder among the high school students. A total of 735 students were selected by stratified cluster sampling. The self-report trauma checklists and Mississippi Scale were used. The most common traumatic experiences were "witnessing or being in a bad car accident," "getting some really bad news unexpectedly," and witnessing violence. The last 2 experiences were more common among girls. The rate of the subjects who scored more than the cutoff point in the Mississippi Scale was 27.2%. There is an extremely high rate of exposed trauma rate, and approximately one third of them have posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.

Language: en