Quality of life and post traumatic stress disorders (ptsd) among youth road traffic crash survivor in Selangor

Wan Rusli., Wan Nur Shahida (2012) Quality of life and post traumatic stress disorders (ptsd) among youth road traffic crash survivor in Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Summary: Road traffic crashes (RTCs) is one of the major death contributors in Malaysia and all around the world. The survivors also suffer from different types of injuries and disabilities including Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) which can affect their quality of life. Aim of this study is to determine the association between Quality of Life and PTSD among youth that had involved in road traffic crashes. The samples were chosen using non probability sampling which is purposive sampling. The youth were selected from Rehabilitation Center from age] 7 until 24 years old and involved in road traffic crash. The instrument used in this study were respondents socio demographic, Assessment of Quality of Life 8D Instrument (AQoL-8D) and PTSD checklist (PCL-C). One hundred and thirteen patients were recruited. The results shows majority of the patients were male (76.1 %). More than three-quarters of respondents were Malay (90.3%) and single (89.4%). There was a significant association between education with PTSD (x2 7.18 and p-value is 0.03). Next, there was a significant association between employment and PTSD (x2 6.36 and p-value is 0.01). There was no significant association between respondents socio demographic with quality of life. There was a significant association between the quality of life with PTSD symptoms among respondents (x2 5.60 and p-value 0.02). Based on this finding, the road traffic crashes were found to be a leading cause of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because more half respondents had develop PTSD. Besides, there were a significant association between PTSD and quality of life. It means that PTSD is affected the victim's quality of life status. Keywords: Road traffic crash, Quality of life, PTSD

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 06:26
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2023 00:09
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/196

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