Investigating the Role of Different Physical Injuries on the Mental Health of Traffic Police Staff Referring to Valiasr Hospital in Tehran, Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Research Center for Trauma in Police Operations, Directorate of Health, Rescue and Treatment, Police Headquarter, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty of Paramedicine, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

3 Faculty of Health, Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: Physical injuries affect the psychological dimension of human beings. This study aimed to investigate the impact of physical injuries on the psychological dimension of people.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study that was conducted on traffic police staff who were referred to Valiasr hospital in Tehran, Iran due to injuries between April 2015 and November 2021. The required information was collected from the database using medical documents and registered files of injured employees. After coding data, SPSS version 26 software was used for statistical analysis.
Results: Among the 120 injured people, the highest average score evaluated by the GHQ questionnaire was obtained by the ear, nose, and throat group (22%), upper limb (20%), eye (19%), lower limb (17%), and digestion (14%), which shows that in some cases (physical scale, anxiety and sleep disorder, symptoms of social action, symptoms of depression) are exposed to damage. The urology-affected group got the lowest score among the different groups with 8%, which indicates that this group is in a very favorable state in terms of mental health.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the most type of physical injury that affected the psychological dimension of people was the ear, nose, and throat injury, and the least injury was related to urology.

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Journal of Military Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 6 - Serial Number 115
September and October 2022
Pages 1397-1404

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