Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Quality Of Life Among Road Traffic Accident Survivors

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the post-traumatic stress disorder and quality of life among road traffic accident survivors. This study was conducted on 120 road traffic accident survivors from Kerala and Karnataka. Quality of life scale and PTSD check list civilian version are used. Person coefficient of correlation and independent sample t-test were employed to analyze the data. Significant negative correlation (-.391) obtained between post-traumatic stress disorder and quality of life among road traffic accident survivors. There is no significant gender difference obtained (p>.01) in post-traumatic stress disorder and quality of life among road traffic accident survivors.