Association of PTSD Symptoms With Asthma Attacks Among Hurricane Katrina Survivors

Arcaya, Mariana; Lowe, Sarah R.; Rhodes, Jean E.; Waters, Mary C.; Subramanian, S. V.

doi:10.1002/jts.21976

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“…With regard to physical health, the results were also consistent with prior research that has shown associations between disaster exposure and symptoms (e.g., Arcaya et al., ; Lee et al., 2016), and the one prior study that linked cumulative exposure and overall physical health (Fernandez et al., ). Further research on this topic could provide more insight into the cumulative physical health impacts of disasters through more nuanced assessment of both exposures and symptoms.…”

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“…It is now well known that exposure to natural and human‐made disasters is associated with a range of adverse mental health outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression (MD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms (e.g., Norris, Friedman, & Watson, ; North & Pfefferbaum, ). Although less studied, links between exposure and adverse physical health conditions have also been documented in the aftermath of a range of disasters, including hurricanes (e.g., Arcaya, Lowe, Rhodes, Waters, & Subramanian, ; Lee, Choi, Eun, & Kwon, ) and oil spills (e.g., Cope, Slack, Blanchard, & Lee, ; Kim et al., ).…”

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Cumulative Disaster Exposure and Mental and Physical Health Symptoms Among a Large Sample of Gulf Coast Residents

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McGrath

Young

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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A large body of research has linked disaster exposure to adverse mental and physical health outcomes. Few studies, however, have explored the cumulative impact of exposure to multiple disasters. Participants (N = 8,366) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study were classified as having been exposed to both, either, or neither Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DHOS). Participants also reported on a range of mental and physical health symptoms. Logistic regression models found that participants who were exposed to both disasters had significantly higher odds of probable generalized anxiety disorder, odds ratio (OR) = 1.72, 95% CI [1.52, 1.96]; major depression, OR = 1.53, 95% CI [1.32, 1.77]; and posttraumatic stress disorder, OR = 2.51, 95% CI [2.03, 3.10], than participants who were exposed to only one disaster, ps < .001. Additionally, a linear regression model found that participants who were exposed to both disasters had significantly more physical health symptoms at the time of the spill than those who were exposed to only one disaster, B = 0.99, SE = .20, p < .001. The results indicate that cumulative disaster exposure confers enhanced risk for adverse mental and physical health outcomes. The findings demonstrate that screening for prior exposure among disaster-affected individuals might identify those at greatest risk for adverse health outcomes.

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Cumulative Disaster Exposure and Mental and Physical Health Symptoms Among a Large Sample of Gulf Coast Residents

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“…) and longer‐term aftermath (Arcaya, Lowe, et al. ). The proportion of respondents experiencing frequent headaches or migraines tripled over the four waves of data collection, while the percentage with digestive problems increased sevenfold and proportion with back problems doubled.…”

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“…Women who experienced increases in distress and the loss of a family member or a friend during Katrina were significantly more likely to have persistent health problems, and posttraumatic stress symptoms were associated with poor physical health outcomes, including asthma attacks (Arcaya, Lowe, et al. ) and frequent headaches or migraines. Participants who were still displaced after four years were also more likely to experience physical health symptoms than those who had returned to their original communities (Fussell and Lowe ).…”

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Life after Hurricane Katrina: The Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) Project

Waters

2016

Sociological Forum

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This article presents an overview of the findings to date of the Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) Project, a longitudinal study of 1,019 young, predominantly female and African American community college students who were surveyed a year before Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and then two to three times afterward. This study combines a multidisciplinary, multimethod approach to understanding the immediate and long-term effects of the Katrina disaster on physical and mental health, economic and social functioning, and neighborhood attainment. I discuss what we can learn from the rare inclusion of predisaster data and our unusual ability to follow participants for years after the disaster. I argue that it is important to follow the recovery of individuals and communities as well as the recovery of the city, as these are often not the same, especially in Katrina where a large proportion of the city never returned.

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“…For example, half of the police responders in the World Trade Center Health Registry with PTSD in 2003-2007 continued to have PTSD in 2011-2012 after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 [5]. In the past decades, researches on PTSD have mainly focused on PTSD after traumatic events like earthquakes [6][7][8], hurricanes [9][10][11], wars [12][13][14][15], and traffic accidents [16,17]. Articles about PTSD after floods have been rarely reported [18][19][20], and none has reported the effect of social support on the recovery from PTSD.…”

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Association between social support and recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder after flood: a 13–14 year follow-up study in Hunan, China

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BackgroundPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most prevalent long-term psychiatric disorders among survivors of traumatic events. It is well established that social support has been related to the onset of PTSD after natural disasters. However, very little is known whether or not social support has had an influence on the recovery from the PTSD that was diagnosed after floods. This study, therefore, made a follow-up assessment of PTSD in flood victims 13–14 years after they were diagnosed with PTSD in 2000 to measure the prevalence rate of PTSD among them and identify the association between social support and their recovery from PTSD.MethodsVictims who had experienced Dongting Lake flood in 1998 and had been diagnosed as having PTSD in 2000 were enrolled in this study. A follow-up survey was done between the years 2013 and 2014 to diagnose the victims again of PTSD using the DSM-IV criteria. Social support and its three dimensions were measured using the Chinese version of Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), including objective support, subjective support and support utilization. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between social support and the recovery from PTSD after flood.ResultsOut of 321 subjects with prior PTSD, 51 (15.89 %) were diagnosed as still having PTSD. Logistic regression analyses indicated that the recovery from prior PTSD was significantly associated with social support (odds ratio (OR) =0.202, 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI): 0.047–0.878), subjective support (OR = 0.236, 95 % CI: 0.080–0.694) and support utilization (OR = 0.245, 95 % CI: 0.071–0.844).ConclusionsThe prevalence rate of current PTSD indicates that natural disasters, such as floods, may affect the mental health of victims for a long time. Social support was significantly associated with the recovery from prior PTSD, especially subjective support and support utilization.

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Association of PTSD Symptoms With Asthma Attacks Among Hurricane Katrina Survivors

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

Cumulative Disaster Exposure and Mental and Physical Health Symptoms Among a Large Sample of Gulf Coast Residents

Cumulative Disaster Exposure and Mental and Physical Health Symptoms Among a Large Sample of Gulf Coast Residents

Life after Hurricane Katrina: The Resilience in Survivors of Katrina (RISK) Project

Association between social support and recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder after flood: a 13–14 year follow-up study in Hunan, China

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