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Posttraumatic stress symptoms, anxiety and depression in burn-victims patients

2010; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO; Volume: 62; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

1809-5267

Autores

Letícia Galery Medeiros, Christian Haag Kristensen, Rosa M. M. de Almeida,

Tópico(s)

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Resumo

There is a growing interest in the investigation of the emotional consequences related to burns. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of posttraumatic stress (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms among burnt inpatients in the Hospital Municipal de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil). In patients’ symptomatology was assessed with the Screen for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (SPTSS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). It was found that burn-victims patients showed high levels of psychopathology, including clinically-relevant PTSD (21.7% of participants), and moderate-to-severe anxiety (25%) and depression (30%) symptoms. Overall, burn extension and degree weren’t associated to the level of symptomatology. Taken together, the findings

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