Posttraumatic Stress after SARS

Posttraumatic Stress after SARS

Kitty K. Wu, Sumee K. Chan, Tracy M. Ma

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can arise in patients with medical illness. We used 2 Chinese self-report measures to examine features of PTSD, anxiety, and depression in 131 survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome at 1 month and 3 months after discharge from the hospital. Risk factors associated with psychological distress were identified.

2005

Keywords: trauma, Resilience, Impact of Event Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, infectious disease, China

DOI: 10.3201/eid1108.041083

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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