Contribution of initial heart rate to the prediction of posttraumatic stress symptom level in accident victims

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-162

  Kraemer, Bernd ^a   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^a   Roth, Helen ^a   Hepp, Urs ^b   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accident victims; Heart rate; Outcome; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Predictors; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SURVIVOR;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AROUSAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35848934102     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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