BACKGROUND: Vehicle accidents are a common cause of disease and death among people over 30 years of age. Essentially, reaction to stress due to the vehicle accident does not differ from the reaction to other stress factors. There are still no uniform viewpoints about the kind of sequels and their percentage representation after vehicle accidents. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The research was provided as a prospective study, included 150 subjects who had vehicle accident minimum 2 years prior to the examination. A questionnaire adjusted to the needs of the research and a battery of psychological tests was used. RESULTS: Affective disorders occurred in 35.33% of subjects, 65% of persons suffer from travel anxiety, 9% of the total number of examinees doesn't drive any more, 65% have somatisational dysfunctions of the vegetative nervous system, while the posttraumatic stress disorder is present in 36% of subjects. CONCLUSION: In 87.4% of persons psychiatric consequences last over two years. Long term consequences in 60% of subjects occur as a combination of multiple psychiatric disorders, so the posttraumatic stress disorder and affective disorders never occur one at a time.
BACKGROUND: Vehicle accidents are a common cause of disease and death among people over 30 years of age. Essentially, reaction to stress due to the vehicle accident does not differ from the reaction to other stress factors. There are still no uniform viewpoints about the kind of sequels and their percentage representation after vehicle accidents. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The research was provided as a prospective study, included 150 subjects who had vehicle accident minimum 2 years prior to the examination. A questionnaire adjusted to the needs of the research and a battery of psychological tests was used. RESULTS:Affective disorders occurred in 35.33% of subjects, 65% of persons suffer from travel anxiety, 9% of the total number of examinees doesn't drive any more, 65% have somatisational dysfunctions of the vegetative nervous system, while the posttraumatic stress disorder is present in 36% of subjects. CONCLUSION: In 87.4% of personspsychiatric consequences last over two years. Long term consequences in 60% of subjects occur as a combination of multiple psychiatric disorders, so the posttraumatic stress disorder and affective disorders never occur one at a time.
Authors: Jelena Kovacevic; Ivica Fotez; Ivan Miskulin; Davor Lesic; Maja Miskulin; Terezija Berlancic; Ivan Vukoja; Slavko Candrlic; Hrvoje Palenkic; Marija Candrlic Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-02-07 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Jelena Kovacevic; Maja Miskulin; Dunja Degmecic; Aleksandar Vcev; Dinko Leovic; Vladimir Sisljagic; Ivana Simic; Hrvoje Palenkic; Ivan Vcev; Ivan Miskulin Journal: J Clin Med Date: 2020-01-22 Impact factor: 4.241