Zhou ZH, Mao J, Cao D. Risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with multiple injuries and its relationship with anxiety and depression. World J Psychiatry 2025; 15(7): 105742 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i7.105742]
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Zhi-Hao Zhou, Department of Emergency Medicine, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, No. 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China. xgg751116@126.com
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Medicine, General & Internal
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Retrospective Study
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World J Psychiatry. Jul 19, 2025; 15(7): 105742 Published online Jul 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i7.105742
Risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with multiple injuries and its relationship with anxiety and depression
Zhi-Hao Zhou, Jin Mao, Da Cao
Zhi-Hao Zhou, Jin Mao, Da Cao, Department of Emergency Medicine, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Zhou ZH, Mao J and Cao D designed the study and were involved in the data acquisition and writing of this article; Zhou ZH contributed to the analysis of the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by Nanjing Municipal Special Fund for Health Science and Technology Development Support Project, No. GBX21333.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethic Committee of Zhongda Hospital Southeast University.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Received: April 1, 2025 Revised: May 6, 2025 Accepted: June 10, 2025 Published online: July 19, 2025 Processing time: 99 Days and 19.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients with multiple injuries results in long-term physical and psychological complications, which significantly impair postoperative recovery. This study investigates the risk factors for PTSD in patients with multiple injuries and explores its association with anxiety and depression. Considering the limited existing research in this field, our results may help address crucial knowledge gaps. The results indicate advanced age, high Hamilton Anxiety Scale scores, high Hamilton Depression Scale scores, low monthly income, and negative life event exposure as significant risk factors for PTSD in such patients. Furthermore, advanced age, low monthly income, and negative life events are considered key contributors to emotional distress in this population. These results provide valuable information for the early screening and stratified intervention of PTSD in patients with multiple injuries, providing potential clinical guidance to improve outcomes.
