Post-traumatic stress impacts on quality of life in children after road traffic accidents: Prospective study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 746-753

  Landolt, Markus ^a   Vollrath, Margarete ^b   Gnehm, Hanspeter ^c   Sennhauser, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Children's Hospital KSA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Post traumatic stress; Quality of life; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PTSD REACTION INDEX; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDREN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDIN QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 68549111167     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903001919     Document Type: Article

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