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- Title
Anxiety, depression and health-related quality of life in those injured by landmines, Ilam, Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Authors
Asadollahi, R.; Saghafinia, M.; Nafissi, N.; Montazeri, A.; Asadollahi, M.; Khatami, M.
- Abstract
We assessed depression, anxiety and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in 137 cases of landmine injury in Ilam province, using the Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF36) questionnaires. We also compared their scores with an uninjured control group (n = 360). Most of the injured were male (93.4%) and illiterate (54.7%) with some irreversible sequelae (86.9%). Overall, 69.3% of the injured participants scored high for both anxiety and depression. The level of anxiety and depression was significantly higher in older cases, those not completely recovered compared with recovered cases and those with amputation compared with those without amputation. The injured also had significantly lower mean scores in all HRQOL components than the control group. Landmine injured should be monitored for early identification and treatment of depression and anxiety.
- Subjects
ILAM (Iran : Province); IRAN; LAND mine victims; QUALITY of life; ANXIETY; MENTAL depression; PSYCHOLOGY of amputees; MENTAL health; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Article