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Table 1 Characteristics of the eligible studies

From: Prevalence of acute stress disorder among road traffic accident survivors: a meta-analysis

First author

Year of publication

Country of study

Recruitment site

Proportion of hospitalized participants, %

Proportion of male participants, %

Mean age (SD), years

Instrument used to identify ASD

Trauma- assessment interval

Number of survivors with ASD

Sample size

       

Self-report questionnaire

Structured interview

   

Bryant [46]

1998

Australia

Hospital-based

100.0

69.6

29.45 (12.62)

–

ASDI

2–28 days

11

79

Bryant [8]

2003

Australia

Hospital-based

100.0

63.7

Male: 29.95 (11.49)

Female: 33.36 (13.28)

–

ASDI

Within 1 month

23

171

Fuglsang [52]

2004

Denmark

Hospital-based

6.7

45.6

33.99 (11.3)

ASDS

–

7–31 days

25

90

Jones [47]

2005

UK

Hospital-based

100.0

39.7

36.75 (12.77)

–

ASDI

Within 14 days

27

131

Hamanaka [53]

2006

Japan

Hospital-based

100.0

77.0

32.8 (14.5)

–

ASDI

Within 1 month

9

100

Yasan [14]

2009

Turkey

Hospital-based

100.0

70.5

33.93 (19.78)

–

SCID

4 days

39

95

van den Heuvel [54]

2016

South Africa

Hospital-based

NR

56.9

32.3 (10.6)

ASDS

–

10 days

47

115

Winston [55]

2002

USA

Hospital-based

100.0

72.0

10.4 (3.3)

CASQ

–

3–30 days

27

95

Bryant [56]

2004

UK

Hospital-based

21.0

55.0

12.27 (2.86)

Questions based on DSM-IV

–

2 weeks

13

86

Winston [13]

2005

USA

Population-based

NR

45.8

6.9

Questions based on DSM-IV

–

Within 30 days

24

1483

Salmon [15]

2007

Australia

Hospital-based

100.0

65.8

9.92 (2.55)

CASQ

–

6–28 days

6

76

Meiser-Stedman [16]

2007

UK

Hospital-based

100.0

68.1

11.88 (2.6)

Questionnaire based on DSM-IV

Interview based on DSM-IV

2–4 weeks

33

367

Haag [17]

2015

Switzerland

Hospital-based

61.4

58.4

11.55 (2.70)

–

IBS-A-KJ

10 days

3

101

  1. SD standard deviation, ASDI Acute Stress Disorder Interview, ASDS Acute Stress Disorder Scale, SCID Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders, CASQ Child Acute Stress Questionnaire, IBS-A-KJ Interview zur Akuten Belastungsstorung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen, NR not reported