The presence of nightmares as a screening tool for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in burn survivors

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 727-733

  Low, Aili Janina F ^a   Dyster Aas, Johan ^a   Kildal, Morten ^a   Ekselius, Lisa ^a   Gerdin, Bengt ^a   Willebrand, Mimmie ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN SPECIFIC HEALTH SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33749003095     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000238092.57817.7A     Document Type: Article

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