Anxiety, acute- and post-traumatic stress symptoms following involvement in road crashes

Anxiety and traumatic stress symptoms are common post-crash. This study documents generalised anxiety responses postcrash, and examines the association between Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with personality and coping styles. Sixty-two patients aged 18-60 admitted to hospital were interviewed prior to discharge, at 2-months and at 6-8 months post-crash. Anxiety symptoms were common, with 55 per cent of participants experiencing moderate-severe levels prior to discharge, with this decreasing to 11 per cent and 6.5 per cent at 2-months and 6-8 months post-discharge. Females reported significantly higher levels of anxiety and acute distress. Neuroticism and generalised coping styles were associated with acute stress responses but not PTSD. These results have important theoretical and practical implications, and indicate that females are at risk of poorer acute anxiety outcomes following injury.

• Authors:
  • Fitzharris, M
  • Fildes, B
  • Charlton, J
• Conference:
  • Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) Annual Conference, 50th, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 297-316
• Monograph Title: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, 50th Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 16-18 October 2006

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Data analysis; Females; Injuries; Injury severity; Stress (Psychology)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (human factors)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Crash; Data analysis; Female; Human stress; Injury; Injury severity
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01386209
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 8:59PM