title: Impact of psychiatric morbidity on quality of life after motor vehicle accident at 1-month follow up.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. yutaka@ncnp.go.jp
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Satomi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yonemoto
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otomo
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim