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Posttraumatic stress in survivors 1 month to 19 years after an airliner emergency landing
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- Arnberg, Filip K, 1981- (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Uppsala universitet,Kunskapscentrum för katastrofpsykiatri,Psykiatri, Ulleråker, Akademiska sjukhuset,Stressforskningsinstitutet, Stockholms universitet,Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Michel, Per-Olof (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Kunskapscentrum för katastrofpsykiatri,Psykiatri, Ulleråker, Akademiska sjukhuset
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- Lundin, Tom (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Kunskapscentrum för katastrofpsykiatri,Psykiatri, Ulleråker, Akademiska sjukhuset
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- 2015-03-03
- 2015
- English.
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In: PLOS ONE. - : Public Library of Science (PLoS). - 1932-6203. ; 10:3
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Abstract
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- Posttraumatic stress (PTS) is common in survivors from life-threatening events. Little is known, however, about the course of PTS after life threat in the absence of collateral stressors (e.g., bereavement, social stigma, property loss) and there is a scarcity of studies about PTS in the long term. This study assessed the short- and long-term course of PTS, and the influence of gender, education and age on the level and course of PTS, in survivors from a non-fatal airliner emergency landing caused by engine failure at an altitude of 1 km. There were 129 persons on board. A survey including the Impact of Event Scale was distributed to 106 subjects after 1 month, 4 months, 14 months, and 25 months, and to 95 subjects after 19 years (response rates 64–83%). There were initially high levels of PTS. The majority of changes in PTS occurred from 1 to 4 months after the event. There were small changes from 4 to 25 months but further decrease in PTS thereafter. Female gender was associated with higher levels of PTS whereas gender was unrelated to the slope of the short- and long-term trajectories. Higher education was related to a quicker recovery although not to initial or long-term PTS. Age was not associated with PTS. The present findings suggest that a life-threatening experience without collateral stressors may produce high levels of acute posttraumatic stress, yet with a benign prognosis. The findings further implicate that gender is unrelated to trajectories of recovery in the context of highly similar exposure and few collateral stressors.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Aviation disasters
- Posttraumatic stress
- Longitudinal studies
- Long-term studies
- Psykiatri
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Psykologi
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