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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The role of site and severity of injury as predictors of mental health outcomes following traumatic injury |
Author: | Baecher, K. Kangas, M. Taylor, A. O'Donnell, M. Bryant, R. Silove, D. McFarlane, A. Wade, D. |
Citation: | Stress and Health, 2018; 34(4):1-7 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc. |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 1532-3005 1532-2998 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Katharine Baecher, Maria Kangas, Alan Taylor, Meaghan L. O'Donnell, Richard A. Bryant, Derrick Silove, Alexander C. McFarlane, Darryl Wade |
Abstract: | The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of injury site and severity as predictors of mental health outcomes in the initial 12 months following traumatic injury. Using a multisite, longitudinal study, articipants with a traumatic physical injury (N = 1,098) were assessed during hospital admission and followed up at 3 months (N = 932, 86%) and at 12 months (N = 715, 71%). Injury site was measured using the abbreviated Injury Scale 90, and objective injury severity was measured using the Injury Severity Score. Participants also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Clinician Administered Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Scale. A random intercept mixed modelling analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of site and severity of injury in relation to anxiety, PTSD, and depressive symptoms. Injury severity, as well as head and facial injuries, was predictive of elevated PTSD symptoms, and external injuries were associated with both PTSD and depression severity. In contrast, lower extremity injuries were associated with depresssive and anxiety symptoms. The findings suggest that visible injuries are predictive of reduced mental health, particularly PTSD following traumatic injury. This has clinical implications for further advancing the screening for vulnerable injured trauma survivors at risk of chronic psychopathology. |
Keywords: | Depression Injury severity Injury site Mental health PTSD |
Rights: | Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |
DOI: | 10.1002/smi.2815 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1073041 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.2815 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medicine publications |
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