Post-traumatic stress disorder in children and parents with traffic accidents

• Project/Area Number: 16K04385
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Nippon Medical School
• Principal Investigator: Yoshino Mio 日本医科大学, 医学部, アシスタントスタッフ (90748592)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松井 豊 筑波大学, 働く人への心理支援開発研究センター, 主幹研究員 (60173788)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 交通外傷 / PTSD / 子ども / 親 / スクリーニング / アセスメント / 心理療法 / 心理学的介入 / 心理教育 / 小児

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To figure out post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) risk of children and parents who involved in traffic accidents and to implement a preventive intervention for high risk group, a screening test was made. 31 pairs of parents and children responded to the screening test, and 9 pairs of parents and children answered a follow-up questionnaire at 3 months after the injury. As a result of the analysis, no item was significantly correlated with PTSD risk. However, a follow-up questionnaire revealed that 33% (parents) and 11.1% (children) were in the high-risk group, suggesting the need for psychological care.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

交通事故にあった子どもとその親の心的外傷後ストレス障害（PTSD）について、子どもの11.1％、親の33％がハイリスク群に該当し、心理的なケアが必要な状態であることが明らかになった。