Predictive factors of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder 6 months after a road traffic accident
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issued: 2026-05-05T11:54:39.310478
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Predictive factors of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder 6 months after a road traffic accident
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  fn: CCSD
keyword: accident
keyword: etude-dimpact
keyword: sdveesantlife-sciences-q-bioecology-environmenthealth
keyword: sdvspeelife-sciences-q-biosante-publique-et-epidemiologie
keyword: journal-articles
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsarticle
keyword: accident-de-la-route
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description: 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.
issued: 2026-05-05T11:54:39.304352
language: en
modified: 2026-05-05T11:54:39.304357