Glavni cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je procijeniti moguću povezanost percipirane socijalne potpore i kroničnog posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja (PTSP) uzrokovanog ratom. U istraživanju je ...sudjelovalo 262 veterana Domovinskog rata koji pate od kroničnog PTSP-a. Psihijatrijsku dijagnozu potvrdio je psihijatar prema kriterijima DSM-IV -TR . Simptomi PTSP-a ispitani su samoocjenskim upitnikom Trauma Symptom Inventory-A, dok je socijalna potpora procijenjena ljestvicom Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Nije pronađena značajna povezanost između percipirane socijalne potpore od strane obitelji i prijatelja sa simptomima PTSP-a. Ovakav nalaz može se objasniti kao posljedica sekundarne viktimizacije, traumatizacije te trajnih promjena ličnosti uzrokovanih PTSP-om. Istraživanjem je utvrđena značajna povezanost između institucionalne potpore, primarno državne i zdravstvene, sa simptomima PTSP-a. Važnost ovog rezultata se temelji na mogućem poboljšanju institucionalne skrbi radi smanjivanja simptoma unutar ove osjetljive populacije.
The aim of this study was to show how different coping mechanisms influence the prevalence of anxiety and depression in people suffering from multiple sclerosis. We also aimed at showing how ...different coping mechanisms contribute to subjective prosperity of the patients emphasizing general health, cognitive functions and fatigue. A questionnaire was given to attendants of the VI Symposium of Patients Suffering From Multiple Sclerosis. Scales were taken from Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Inventory (MSQLI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and COPE inventory. A total of 68 anonymous questionnaires were handed in. A total of 57.9% of examinees had symptoms of depression, and 63.2% suffered from symptoms of anxiety. However, majority of the examinees suffered from the combination of these entities. Hypothesis about impact of various coping factors on depression, anxiety, fatigue was validated except an impact on physical state was not proven significant. Predictors improving these states were positive reinterpretation, social emotional support and humor, Predictors worsening these states were planning, acceptance, focus on emotional ventilation and denial. Psychiatric comorbidity has a high prevalence in people suffering from MS. Different coping mechanisms can help in improvement of everyday life.
This study examined the relationship between coping strategies, anxiety and depression levels and burn injury characteristics
in the early phase of the treatment in burn-injured patients. Seventy ...patients with severe burns were interviewed
within two weeks of their burn trauma. Coping strategies were measured by the coping with burns questionnaire
(CBQ). Anxiety and depression levels were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.
There were no statistically significant gender differences in various coping strategies. Avoidance was associated with
higher levels of anxiety, depression and hopelessness. The percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) and localization
of burns were not associated with coping patterns. Implications for the assessment and management of burn injured patients
were discussed.
Objective: This longitudinal research is to follow the changes in quality of life and in anxiety level of patients treated with bone marrow transplantation (BMT).
Subjects and methods: Patients ...selected in period from 1990 to 2000 were treated with bone marrow transplantation and were invited to participate in the study. In ten years period 299 patients were treated with BMT. 109 patients were included in this study (58 male and 51 female) after their informed consent was obtained. 42 of 109 patients were successfully monitored during a five year period and they successfully returned completed questionnaires.
Results: The level of Karnofsky scores show statistically significant difference related to time that passed since BMT. Average value of Karnofsky scores in a group of patients 3 months after BMT was 82.22, and in group five years after BMT was 91.76. There is statistically significant difference between these values (p=0.003). Results of anxiety as a trait and as a state also show statistically
significant decrease between measuring after leaving the hospital and five years after BMT.
Conclusions: There is statistically significant correlation between anxiety and quality of life, that is, with decrease of anxiety quality of life level increases.
This study examined self-inflicted burns in case series of four patients with chronic combat-related post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). Those patients were hospitalized in the Burn Unit of the ...University Hospital of Traumatology in
Zagreb because of severe burns and had a premorbid psychiatric history of PTSD. Demographic data and information
regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident, burn severity, treatment and outcomes of these patients were collected.
The authors have analyzed possible impacts of the sensationalistic way in which media present cases of self-inflicted
burning that induce other, new cases of this suicide type, known in the literature as »Werther’s syndrome«. The
importance of multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of burn patients is stressed with emphasis on the important
role of liaison psychiatrist in treating these patients. It is necessary to educate media people to avoid sensational reporting
on this kind of events. Continuous psychiatric treatment of vulnerable individuals could be useful in prevention of
self-inflicted burns.
