Severity of post-traumatic complaints at two week and six month follow ups, showing median (5–95 percentile)
| VAS score | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-traumatic complaints | Before trauma* (n=103) | Two weeks (n=103) | Six months (n=79) |
| *Measured retrospectively at first follow up. VAS, visual analogue scale. | |||
| Cognitive (range 0–100) | |||
| Trouble concentrating | 0 (0–50) | 6 (0–92) | 1 (0–80) |
| Easily overwhelmed by problems | 0 (0–45) | 0 (0–48) | 0 (0–66) |
| Forgetful | 1 (0–45) | 10 (0–60) | 1 (0–70) |
| Cognitive sum (range 0–300) | 7 (0–90) | 28 (0–147) | 13 (0–186) |
| Vegetative (range 0–100) | |||
| Flushing easily | 0 (0–53) | 0 (0–41) | 0 (0–20) |
| Feeling short of breath | 0 (0–55) | 0 (0–63) | 0 (0–52) |
| Feeling faint | 0 (0–59) | 0 (0–59) | 0 (0–53) |
| Vegetative sum (range 0–300) | 6 (0–98) | 11 (0–186) | 5 (0–82) |
| Dysthymic (range 0–100) | |||
| Depressed | 0 (0–48) | 0 (0–54) | 1 (0–59) |
| Drowsy | 0 (0–43) | 13 (0–94) | 3 (0–90) |
| Crying more easily | 0 (0–41) | 0 (0–51) | 0 (0–19) |
| Confused | 0 (0–22) | 1 (0–57) | 0 (0–49) |
| Dysthymic sum (range 0–400) | 7 (0–101) | 31 (0–179) | 8 (0–190) |
| Physical (range 0–100) | |||
| Headache | 1 (0–59) | 12 (0–97) | 3 (0–75) |
| Dizziness | 0 (0–32) | 12 (0–95) | 3 (0–60) |
| Nausea | 0 (0–14) | 0 (0–58) | 0 (0–26) |
| Lightheadedness | 0 (0–33) | 3 (0–60) | 1 (0–60) |
| Paraesthesia of arm(s) | 0 (0–29) | 0 (0–53) | 1 (0–62) |
| Sleeping problems | 1 (0–83) | 1 (0–83) | 0 (0–57) |
| Physical sum (range 0–600) | 18 (0–164) | 63 (0–314) | 28 (0–233) |