Impact of On-Site Personal Experience of Violent Death on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Bereaved Japanese Family Members in Forensic Autopsy Cases |
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| Authors: | Kohske Ogata Tomomi Michiue Riyo Yamazoe Hitoshi Maeda |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Abeno, Osaka, Japan;2. Osaka Prefectural Government Kishiwada Child-Family Center, Kishiwada-Shi, Osaka, Japan;3. Medico-Legal Consultation and Postmortem Investigation Support Center, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-Machi, Abeno, Osaka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigated the influence of direct on-site experience of violent death on the symptoms involved in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of bereaved Japanese family members (n = 367) in forensic autopsy cases, using a questionnaire survey. Factor analyses of three core symptoms of PTSD confirmed the factor structure. In general linear modeling, the major effect of direct on-site experience of violent death on PTSD score was significant, while manner of death alone did not have such an effect. These findings suggest that direct on-site experience of violent death is essential in the clinical assessment of PTSD-related symptoms of bereaved family members. |
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| Keywords: | Bereaved family member manner of death personal on-site experience posttraumatic stress disorder violent death |
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