Journal article
The impact of post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology on quality of life: The sentinel experience of anger, hypervigilance and restricted affect
D Forbes, A Nickerson, RA Bryant, M Creamer, D Silove, AC McFarlane, M Van Hooff, A Phelps, KL Felmingham, GS Malhi, Z Steel, J Fredrickson, N Alkemade, M O’Donnell
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background: It is unclear which specific symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are related to poor perceived quality of life. Objective: To investigate the influence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology on quality of life in traumatic injury survivors. Method: Traumatic injury survivors completed questionnaires on post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology and quality of life at 3 months (n = 987), 12 months (n = 862), 24 months (n = 830) and 6 years (n = 613) post trauma. Results: Low quality of life was reported by 14.5% of injury survivors at 3 months and 8% at 6 years post event. The post-traumatic stress disorder symptom clusters that contributed most to poor perceiv..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was financially supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant (568970). The National Health and Medical Research Council were not involved in the design or completion of the study.