Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: "Road traffic accidents and posttraumatic stress disorder in an orthopedic setting in south-eastern Nigeria: a controlled study | Iteke et al. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2011 19 39 e http content 19 1 39 SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF Et emergency medicine ORIGINAL RESEARCH Open Access Road traffic accidents and posttraumatic stress disorder in an orthopedic setting in south-eastern Nigeria a controlled study Obiora Iteke1 Muideen O Bakare2 Ahamefule O Agomoh3 Richard Uwakwe4 and Jojo U Onwukwe5 Abstract Background Psychiatric liaison services are rare in trauma units of various hospitals in Nigeria and other subSaharan African countries. The occurrence of road traffic accidents RTAs resulting from low standard of road construction and inadequate maintenance have been on the increase in Nigeria. While the physical consequences of such RTAs are obvious the psychological consequences are often not apparent. This study assessed the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD among victims of RTAs and compared same with controls drawn from a population who have not experienced RTAs. It also assessed the associated socio-demographic variables. Method Study population consisted of one hundred and fifty RTA victims and two different control groups drawn from the population consisting of staffs of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu Nigeria and that of National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu Nigeria 150 people in each control group were matched for age and sex with the RTA victims and they were interviewed with PTSD module of Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview MINI and their socio-demographic variables obtained with socio-demographic questionnaire. Results The prevalence of PTSD among RTA victims and the two control groups were and respectively. The difference in prevalence was statistically significant with RTA victims more likely to experience PTSD compared to the two control groups X2 df 2 p . Gender influenced the prevalence of PTSD among victims of RTAs and the controls with females more likely to experience
