Impact of the earthquake of September 26, 1997 in Umbria, Italy on the socioenvironmental and psychophysical conditions of an elderly population

Mecocci, Patrizia; Iorio, Angelo Di; Pezzuto, Salvatore; Rinaldi, Patrizia; Simonelli, Guido; Maggio, Dario; Montesperelli, P; Longo, A.; Cherubini, Antonio; Chiarappa, N; Abate, G; Senin, Umberto

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“…The disruption of people’s lives and their loss of certainties affect their physical and mental health in both the short term and years after the calamity [1–3]. The literature is full of papers describing the presence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [4–16] and depressive disturbances (major depression MD, other), anxiety, irritability and insomnia [3, 7, 11, 14, 16–29] and there is also an increase in the incidence chronic degenerative diseases and a worsening in pre-existing conditions [2, 10, 17, 25]. All of these factors have a negative impact on the quality of life [2, 15, 30], which is also affected by gender, age, physical injury, and damaged housing with subsequent displacement and the dissolution of social networks [10, 11, 13, 20, 24, 25, 31–33].…”

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“…The elderly are among the most affected [10, 11, 13, 17, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 34, 35] because, as pointed out by the WHO in its report “ Active aging: a policy framework ” (2002), their quality of life not only depends on their state of health, but also on many other variables such as their social relations, their recreational and cultural activities, and the environment. These can all play a protective role in active aging, but their absence is a risk factor for physical and cognitive decline.…”

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Well-Being and Perceived Quality of Life in Elderly People Displaced After the Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy

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On 6 April 2009, the city of L’Aquila was hit by a violent earthquake that destroyed almost all of its medieval centre, and the surviving inhabitants were evacuated and relocated in temporary quarters or undamaged homes. The aim of this study was to investigate the perceived quality of life of the elderly population 3 years after the earthquake in relation to the social and logistic issues of new housing. The study was carried out between October 2011 and March 2012, and involved 571 subjects aged over 65 years living in the municipality of L’Aquila. The interviews took place in the surgeries of general practitioners and the city’s Department of Prevention and Vaccination in the anti-influenza immunisation period. The instrument used was a 36-item questionnaire with closed, multiple choice answers divided into the following sections: demographics, everyday activities, health and perceived health, and the quality of life in the city. The results show that, 3 years after the earthquake, the elderly population living in the new towns and temporary housing of L’Aquila have a worse perception of their quality of life than the others. They feel a certain social isolation and wish to live elsewhere. Governments faced with the problems arising from a natural calamity should take into account all of the elements making up a good quality of life and, before making choices whose impact cannot be changed, consider both their immediate and long-term social consequences.

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Well-Being and Perceived Quality of Life in Elderly People Displaced After the Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy

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“…Although level of event exposures and disaster-related losses are commonly associated with the psychological impact of traumatic events (Bland, O'Leary, Farinaro, Jossa, & Trevisan, 1996;Caldera, Palma, Penayo, & Kullgren, 2001;Mecocci et al, 2000), there are other factors also involved. For example, research suggests that increased vulnerability often occurs among those with a history of mental health disorders, child abuse, or a history of previous traumas (Breslau, Chilcoat, Kessler, & Davis, 1999;Shalev, 1996;Yehuda, 1999).…”

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Alcohol use in New York after the terrorist attacks: A study of the effects of psychological trauma on drinking behavior

Boscarino

Adams

Galea

2006

Addictive Behaviors

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Research has suggested that exposure to psychological trauma is associated with increased abuse of psychoactive substances, particularly alcohol. To assess this, we analyzed alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and alcohol dependence among a random sample of 1681 New York City adults 1 year and 2 years after the September 11 attacks. In multivariate models controlling for demographic factors, other stressor exposures, social psychological resources, and history of anti-social behavior, we found that greater exposure to the World Trade Center disaster (WTCD) was associated with greater alcohol consumption at 1 year and 2 years after this event. In addition, our analyses also indicated that exposure to the WTCD was associated with binge drinking at 1 year after but not 2 years after this event. Alcohol dependence, assessed as present in either year 1 or year 2, also was positively associated with greater WTCD exposures. Posttraumatic stress disorder was not associated with alcohol use, once WTCD exposure and other covariates were controlled. Our study suggests that exposure to psychological trauma may be associated with increases in problem drinking long after exposure and deserves further investigation.

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“…6,7 On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 PM, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale struck the Japanese Pacific Coast, followed by a large tsunami. 9,10 To test this hypothesis, the objective of this study was to characterize the demographics and chief complaints of patients, along with resource utilization, in a Japanese ED not immediately adjacent to the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. 16,000 immediate deaths and 6,000 injuries, and a subsequent internal refugee crisis.…”

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“…The focus for this study was not the local effect of the Great East Japan earthquake, but rather the ripple effect in Tokyo, the closest major metropolis, located approximately 290 km from the epicenter of the earthquake. Previous reports on disaster management have detailed how psychiatric trauma can lead to increased patient presentations to emergency departments (EDs) 9 , 10 . To test this hypothesis, the objective of this study was to characterize the demographics and chief complaints of patients, along with resource utilization, in a Japanese ED not immediately adjacent to the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami.…”

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Resource Utilization in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care University-Based Hospital in Tokyo Before and After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Shimada

Tanabe

Gunshin

et al. 2012

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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Impact of the earthquake of September 26, 1997 in Umbria, Italy on the socioenvironmental and psychophysical conditions of an elderly population

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References 22 publications

Well-Being and Perceived Quality of Life in Elderly People Displaced After the Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy

Well-Being and Perceived Quality of Life in Elderly People Displaced After the Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy

Alcohol use in New York after the terrorist attacks: A study of the effects of psychological trauma on drinking behavior

Resource Utilization in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care University-Based Hospital in Tokyo Before and After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

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