title: Psychological symptoms in rural road trauma victims.
abstract: There is limited research into the psychological aftermath for people who have experienced road accidents, especially outside major cities. This study by postal survey used the General Health Questionnaire-28, the Impact of Events Scale, the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Interview, and the Late Effects of Accidental Injury Questionnaire to assess the psychological effects on a sample of 80 people who had attended a hospital in a regional Australian centre following road accidents. Results showed that there were marked effects on many people and that these had not always been diagnosed or treated.
authors.affiliation: La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeavons
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Horne
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012423:Rural Health; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014739:Victoria