%0 Journal Article
%T Predictive factors of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder 6 months after a road traffic accident
%J Accident analysis and prevention
%D 2011
%A Chossegros, Laetitia
%A Hours, Martine
%A Charnay, Pierrette
%A Bernard, Marlène
%A Fort, Emmanuel
%A Boisson, Dominique
%A Sancho, Pierre-Olivier
%A Yao, Sai Nan
%A Laumon, Bernard
%V 43
%N 1
%P 471-477
%X BACKGROUND: This study sets out to identify risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a road traffic accident with a view to improving prevention. METHODS: The study used a prospective cohort of road traffic accident casualties. All subjects over 15 years of age were recruited in the course of an interview conducted while they were receiving care in a hospital of the Rhône area administrative département. Six months after their accident, they answered a self-administered postal questionnaire that included the Post-traumatic Check-List Scale (PCLS) in order to evaluate PTSD. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to compare those subjects with a PCLS score of 44 or over with those with a lower score, in order to identify factors that might be associated with PTSD. RESULTS: 592 subjects (out of 1168) returned the 6-month questionnaire and 541 completed the PCLS test. One hundred subjects had a PCLS score ≥44, suggesting PTSD, and 441 subjects did not. The factors associated with PTSD were initial injury severity, post-traumatic amnesia, the feeling of not being responsible for their accident and persistent pain 6 months after it. A lower odds-ratio was associated with users of two-wheel than four-wheel motor vehicles (OR=0.4; 0.2-0.9). CONCLUSION: Besides predictive factors for PTSD (injury severity, post-traumatic amnesia and the feeling of not being responsible for their accident), our study suggested a reduced risk of PTSD among two-wheel motor vehicle users.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0001-4575
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.004