Citation

Carvalho Mello-Silva AC, Brasil VV, Minamisava R, de Almeida Cavalcante Oliveira LM, Bernardes Leao Cordeiro JA, Barbosa MA. Texto Contexto Enferm. 2012; 21(3): 558-565.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Graduate Program in Nursing at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

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Abstract

Firearms violence can induce post-traumatic stress and reduce quality of life. This descriptive study aimed to analyze quality of life and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms of young adult inpatients, victims of interpersonal firearm violence. WHOQOL-Bref and PCL-C instruments were used to interview 95 victims during 2007 in the main hospital of Goiania, Brazil. The Environment and Physical Health domains presented the lower mean scores of quality of life (44.71 and 48.26, respectively). Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder were identified in 60% of victims, but no difference was detected in the quality of life domain scores between those with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms. The traumas due to interpersonal firearm violence may result in low quality of life scores and high prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms.

Language: en