Few studies have assessed the overall effects of multi-centered, complicated mental health support on the grief process. This study investigated the broader influence of mental health support provided practically to the bereaved family on the severity of complicated grief. Ninety-three bereaved family members of the Sewol ferry accident were recruited. Severity of complicated grief, post-trauma...

Despite the frequency of traumatic injuries due to road accidents and potential importance of identifying children at risk of impaired recovery one year after a road accident, there is a lack of data on long-term recovery of health status, except in children with severe traumatic brain injury. The aim of the present study was to evaluate predictive factors of recovery in children one year after...

INTRODUCTION "DETERIORATION OF a vehicle with time is inescapable, whether from normal wear, abuse, defective construction, improper maintenance, poor quality of original or repair parts, inadequate skill of mechanics or other factors. With the deterioration of such components as brakes, steering systems, and tires, the chances of the vehicle becoming involved in a crash increase." This asserti...

The objective of this retrospective study is to characterize the nature and severity of injuries of hospitalized traffic accident victims using the "Abbreviated Injury Scale" (AIS). Two-hundred and twenty such patients in a trauma reference hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil were assessed. One-hundred and eleven of them were pedestrians, eighty-three vehicular passengers and twenty-six motorcyclists...

Risk aggregation is the process of combining multiple individual risks to develop a better understanding overall risk on system. Different can have different consequences and units measure. This study contributes by presenting general method combine posed an Arctic ship accident. The considers ecological socio-economic potential oil spill, life-safety evacuation. Existing models for each conseq...

In spite of significant advances in highways safety, a lot of crashes in high severities still occur in highways. Investigation of influential factors on crashes enables engineers to carry out calculations in order to reduce crash severity. Therefore, this paper deals with the models to illustrate the simultaneous influence of human factors, road, vehicle, weather conditions and traffic feature...

OBJECTIVE To test the previously described misdiagnosis severity score (MSS) by comparing it with doctors' perceptions of the severity of diagnostic errors. METHODS 14 scenarios of diagnostic errors were described on a questionnaire. These were given to 12 accident and emergency (A&E) consultants who were asked to indicate their assessment of the severity of the errors on a scale of 1 to 10. ...