TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with acute burn injury
JO  - JPMA: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
A1  - Ehmer-al-lbran, 
A1  - Memon, Akhtar Amin
A1  - Adil, Syeda Ezz-E-Rukhshan
A1  - Rao, Masood Hussain
A1  - Dawani, Om
SP  - 888
EP  - 892
VL  - 63
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of PTSD in patients with acute burn incidents. METHOD: This was an observational prospective cross-sectional study conducted in admitted patients in Burns Ward of Civil Hospital, Karachi during a period of 6 months from January 1 to June 30, 2011. Data was collected through questionnaire having socio demographic variables and the Impact of Event-Scale (IES-R) was used to determine the risk of PTSD. RESULTS: Out of 145 patients, 12 (77.3%) were at risk of PTSD with 75 (66.9%) males and 37 (33%) females. Out of these 112 cases, 50% belonged to age group 16-29 years. All burn patients with more than 60% total body surface area (TBSA) involved in injury were at risk. CONCLUSION: The study reports an astronomic number of burns patients with PTSD risk. PTSD drastically affects the quality of life. The earlier this disorder is diagnosed and assessed; better chances are there for enhanced treatment and better recovery.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0030-9982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -