Impact of psychiatric morbidity on quality of life after motor vehicle accident at 1-month follow up.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the development of, prediction of, protection against, and the course of psychological distress and well-being in a sample of patients with motor vehicle accident-related injuries, in a cohort study. In a secondary analysis, the question of whether psychiatric morbidity was associated with quality of life in 95 injured patients after motor vehicle accident at 1-month follow up, was investigated. Results indicated that psychiatric morbidity has an adverse effect on quality of life.
Matsuoka
Yutaka
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Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. yutaka@ncnp.go.jp
Nishi
Daisuke
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Nakajima
Satomi
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Yonemoto
Naohiro
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Noguchi
Hiroko
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Otomo
Yasuhiro
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Kim
Yoshiharu
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