Burns
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 649-652, August 2007

Post-traumatic stress disorder after severe burn in southern Taiwan

  • Ming-Kun Lu

      Affiliations

    • Community Medicine Research Center & Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
    • Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-San Lin

      Affiliations

    • Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Plastic Surgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, 901 Chung Hwa Road, Yung Kang City, Tainan 710, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 6 2812811; fax: +886 6 2203702.
    • ,
  • Pesus Chou

      Affiliations

    • Community Medicine Research Center & Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tao-Hsin Tung

      Affiliations

    • Community Medicine Research Center & Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Accepted 26 September 2006.

Abstract 

This cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the prevalence and risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after severe burn, and the need for psychological intervention for burn patients in southern Taiwan. Participants (N=82) were assessed by means of the Mini-International Neuropsychiatry Interview (MINI) scale with a structured questionnaire. Results showed that the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in burn patients who met the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD was 26.8%. The risk factors related to PTSD in burn patients were: female, unmarried, and a lack of leisure arrangements after adjusting for confounding factors. PTSD patients needed more psychological intervention than the non-PTSD patients. These results suggest that PTSD after severe burn was not uncommon in southern Taiwan. The identified risk factors could provide clues to help burn care professionals provide multidisciplinary intervention.

Keywords: Burns, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Taiwan

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PII: S0305-4179(06)00311-1

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2006.09.004

Burns
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 649-652, August 2007

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