The relationship between quality of life and posttraumatic stress disorder or major depression for firefighters in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1289-1297

  Chen, Yong Shing ^a   Chen, Ming Chao ^a   Chou, Frank Huang Chih ^a,b   Sun, Feng Ching ^a   Chen, Pei Chun ^a   Tsai, Kuan Yi ^a   Chao, Shin Shin ^a  

^a KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

36 Item Short Form Health Survey (SF 36); Disaster Related Psychological Screening Test (DRPST); Firefighters; Major depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FIRES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 34648812988     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9248-7     Document Type: Article

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