title: Post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with acute burn injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the risk of PTSD in patients with acute burn incidents.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was an observational prospective cross-sectional study conducted in admitted patients in Burns Ward of Civil Hospital, Karachi during a period of 6 months from January 1 to June 30, 2011. Data was collected through questionnaire having socio demographic variables and the Impact of Event-Scale (IES-R) was used to determine the risk of PTSD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 145 patients, 12 (77.3%) were at risk of PTSD with 75 (66.9%) males and 37 (33%) females. Out of these 112 cases, 50% belonged to age group 16-29 years. All burn patients with more than 60% total body surface area (TBSA) involved in injury were at risk.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study reports an astronomic number of burns patients with PTSD risk. PTSD drastically affects the quality of life. The earlier this disorder is diagnosed and assessed; better chances are there for enhanced treatment and better recovery.
authors.affiliation: Burns Ward, Civil Hospital Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.lastname: Ehmer-al-lbran
authors.forename: Akhtar Amin
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Memon
authors.forename: Syeda Ezz-e-rukhshan
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Adil
authors.forename: Masood Hussain
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Om
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dawani
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D055815:Young Adult