Open AccessA study on posttraumatic experience of road traffic accident afflicted maxillofacial trauma patient at tertiary hospital
Author(s) -
Santosh Kumar Yadav,
Sajeev Shrestha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.198358
Subject(s) - road traffic accident , nonprobability sampling , medicine , qualitative research , perception , road traffic , medical emergency , psychology , population , social science , environmental health , neuroscience , sociology , transport engineering , engineering
Patients are usually left in a vulnerable state after an accident. Because of this, they long for a good encounter when they are brought to the hospital. Physical impairment and psychological morbidities are some of the complications that can occur to them. Traditionally, surgeons tend to pay little attention to a patient's emotional and psychological perspective. The aim of this study was to understand the experience of oral and maxillofacial trauma patients due to road traffic accident right from immediate after the accident till the end of definitive treatment.