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Table 3 Previous mental health problems, pretraumatic stress, third party fault and ISS groups

From: Early posttraumatic stress symptoms and levels of distress in trauma patients treated in the resuscitation room: an exploratory study

Variables

Total sample

N = 45

Males

n = 35

Females

n = 10

n (%)

Pretraumatic stress (yes)

14

(31.1)

10

(22.2)

4

(8.9)

Previous mental health problems (yes)

11

(24.4)

8

(17.8)

3

(6.7)

Third party fault (yes)

10

(22)

7

(15.6)

3

(6.7)

Severity of injury (ISS value intervals)

 Mild injury (1–8)

8

(17.8)

6

(13.3)

2

(4.4)

 Moderate injury (9–15)

13

(28.9)

9

(20)

4

(8.9)

 Major injury (16–24)

13

(28.9)

10

(22.2)

3

(6.7)

 Severe injury (25 and above)

11

(24.4)

10

(22.2)

1

(2.2)