Posttraumatski stresni poremećaj u populaciji slijepih invalida Domovinskog rata
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Population of Blind Invalids of the War in Croatia

Summary/Abstract: Persons that have participated in military activities in the war in Croatia and that have, due to injuries inflicted during military actions, lost their vision are at greater risk of having posttraumatic stress dissorder (PTSD).These persons can develop the PTSD as a reaction to traumatic military events that happened at the battle field but also, as a reaction to the sight loss. Therefore assumption is that some of the persons that have been in the military actions and have lost their sight due to injuries inflicted during the war will develop PTSD simptoms. The questionaire LASC-01 has been used for assessing posttraumatic stress dissorder in blind invalids of Croatia war. This instrument is valid for determining simptoms of PTSD but also for determining presence of other additional simptoms which are common for this disorder. The sample in this research is 28 blind invalids of the war in Croatia and the results have shown that the PTSD dissorder was present in 39,28 % of persons in this research. Some persons (that in the sample of this research) have shown more intensive reactions in some (areas) simptoms of dissorder, for example - higher agitation . It has been determined that the witnessing traumatic military actions at the war field is more responsible for PTSD development than vision loss itself. Results have shown that there is significant correlation of frequence and intensity of witnessing traumatic military action and simptoms of the dissorder (if the frequence and intensity was higher - the simptoms were stronger). Some simptoms that are additional to posttraumatic stress disorder have been present: such as: sleeping problems, anxiety, hostile feelings, agitation, memory difficulties and depression.

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