Citation

Kim JW, Kang HJ, Bae KY, Kim SW, Oh HK, Kim MG, Kim JM. Psychiatry Investig. 2017; 14(4): 513-517.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Advanced Photonics Research Institute, Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Republic of Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Korean Neuropsychiatric Association)

DOI

10.4306/pi.2017.14.4.513

PMID

28845180

PMCID

PMC5561411

Abstract

Severe physical injury is a leading cause of posttraumatic syndrome (PTS). This is to develop a biomarker-based diagnostic algorithm for posttraumatic syndrome (BioPTS) study. This is a 2-year longitudinal cohort study assessing patients who were hospitalized beginning in 2015 at Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju, Korea, after experiencing severe physical injuries. Baseline evaluations were made during the acute phase (within 1 month) of the physical injury and included extensive information on sociodemographic and clinical variables as well as a list of biomarkers. All participants will be followed up for 2 years, and the diagnostic and predictive validities of various biomarkers for PTS will be estimated. The BioPTS study will develop the most accurate models for the diagnosis and prediction of PTS, and will contribute to existing research regarding the complex relationships between severe physical injury and psychological issues.

Language: en

Keywords

Biomarker; Cohort study; Diagnostic algorithm; Posttraumatic syndrome; Severe physical injury