• Arch Phys Med Rehabil · May 2020

    Multicenter Study Observational Study

    Prevalence and Prognostic Factors for Psychological Distress After Trauma.

    • Leonie de Munter, Suzanne Polinder, Juanita A Haagsma, Nena Kruithof, Cornelis L P van de Ree, Ewout W Steyerberg, and Mariska de Jongh.
    • Department Trauma TopCare, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Electronic address: l.demunter@etz.nl.
    • Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 May 1; 101 (5): 877-884.

    ObjectiveTo describe the prevalence and prognostic factors of symptoms of anxiety and depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) after injury in the clinical trauma population.DesignMulticenter, prospective, observational cohort study.SettingTen hospitals in Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands.ParticipantsFour thousand two hundred thirty-nine adult patients (N=4239) admitted due to injury between August 2015 and December 2016.InterventionsPatients were asked to complete a questionnaire at 1 week and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after injury.Main Outcome MeasuresThe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess anxiety and depressive symptoms and the Impact of Event Scale was used to assess PTSS.ResultsThe prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression decreased from 10% and 12%, respectively, at 1 week after injury to 7% and 7% at 12 months after injury. Acute traumatic stress symptoms were present in 13% at 1 week and PTSS was prevalent in 10% of the participants at 12 months after injury. Strong prognostic factors for poor psychological outcome in multivariable logistic mixed models were preinjury frailty, psychological complaints and nonworking status preinjury, female sex, low educational level, and accident category (ie, traffic accident, work-related accident, or accidents at home compared to sport injuries).ConclusionsPsychological distress is a common health problem during the first year after injury. Important prognostic factors for psychological distress include psychological complaints before injury and frailty. Early recognition of psychological problems after injury could facilitate discussion between caregivers and patients and improve recovery.Copyright © 2019 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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