Incidence and risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder in a population affected by a severe flood

Fontalba-Navas, Andrés; Lucas‐Borja, Manuel Esteban; Gil-Aguilar, V; Arrebola, Juan Pedro; Pena-Andreu, J.M.; Pérez, Jesús

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2016.12.015

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“…Shalev emphasizes the importance of group cohesion, marital discord, and leadership skills as mediating factors [22]. People who have experienced or have been affected by natural disasters are able to recover with the support of their families, friends or colleagues [6]. Therefore, we infer when the duration of the traumatic experience is longer, there are more serious and relevant physical injuries as well as post-disaster financial problems; additionally, the need for a support system is very important.…”

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“…Physical risk and material losses are strongly associated with PTSD [6,7]. Following a disaster, psychological problems have a greater impact on quality of life than injuries [8].…”

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“…Some people suffering from a disaster can recover with the support of their families, friends or colleagues. However, even with the right activities, there are still longterm health problems in many victims [6]. Therefore, reconstruction of life after a disaster can be a challenging process.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Survey of Psychiatric Disorders and Quality of Life among Kaohsiung Gas Explosion Victims 12 Months after the Event

Chou¹,

Huang²,

Wu³

et al. 2017

J Psychiatry

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Journal of Psychiatry AbstractObjective: To investigate the probable disaster-related psychiatric disorders, such as major depressive episodes (MDEs) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and quality of life (QoL) in survivors of a fossil fuel gas explosion in Taiwan with a long-term follow-up twelve months after the event.Methods: We used two screening tools, including the Disaster-Related Psychological Screening Test (DRPST) and Short Form 12v2 (SF-12v2), to survey a representative sample of 486 participants (average age: 42.89 ± 16.05 years; M: 255, average age: 40.68 ± 15.92 years; F: 231; average age: 45.32 ± 16.20 years) twelve months after the event.Results: Twelve months post-gas explosion, probable PTSD, probable MDE, probable PTSD and MDE, and non-PTSD or non-MDE (non-P or M) were present in 50 (10.3%), 14 (2.9%), 34 (7.0%), and 388 (79.8%) participants, respectively. The significant risk factors of probable PTSD or MDE and QoL in survivors were older age, female sex, physical injury, occupation, educational level, financial problems, probable PTSD and probable MDE. Conclusion:Survivors still exhibited an increased prevalence of psychiatric impairment, and their quality of life was affected after twelve months. Thus, mental rehabilitation requires not only short-term intervention but also long-term follow-up and regular psychiatric management.

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“…Physical risk and material losses are strongly associated with PTSD [6,7]. Following a disaster, psychological problems have a greater impact on quality of life than injuries [8].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Survey of Psychiatric Disorders and Quality of Life among Kaohsiung Gas Explosion Victims 12 Months after the Event

Chou¹,

Huang²,

Wu³

et al. 2017

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“…Furthermore, it appears that factors such as gender, ethnicity, access to information, and community resilience levels all have an incidence on psychological distress in seniors. 5 , 39 - 41 According to Gignac, Cott, and Badley, 42 seniors who reported feelings of powerlessness and loss of autonomy prior to a disaster event were also those most likely to develop health problems and report greater levels of stress following such an event.…”

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Medium-Term Health of Seniors Following Exposure to a Natural Disaster

Labra

Maltais

Gingras-Lacroix

2018

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The article aims to describe the medium-term impacts of a major earthquake event (Chile, February 27, 2010) on 26 seniors. The authors adopted a qualitative study approach. Data obtained using the Impact of Event Scale–Revised (IES-R) show the presence of manifestations of posttraumatic stress in the majority of respondents. In addition, data collected in interviews demonstrated a progressive deterioration of the health of respondents over a period of 4 years following the disaster. Seniors are particularly vulnerable to the effects of material loss, emotional stress, and postdisaster health complications. These impacts are exacerbated by low economic status. Furthermore, broader research is necessary involving elderly living in poverty who have survived natural disasters and others without such experiences, in order to better identify and differentiate between health complications associated with exposure to disaster events and those linked more strictly with natural aging processes.

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“…Methodological choices between AAA and AOO approaches may have important implications for research on behavioral and mental conditions when an abrupt shift in a suspected causal influence occurs at a specific age. Examples include a minimum age set for lawful use of a psychoactive drug (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis), as well as exposure to developmentally sensitive traumatic events such as a terrorism event (Eaton et al, ; Fontalba‐Navas et al, ). The previously described peak incidence rate for drinking onset at age 21 years serves as an example of these types of nonlinear patterns in incidence estimates (Cheng, Cantave, & Anthony, , ).…”

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Age of onset or age at assessment—that is the question: Estimating newly incident alcohol drinking and rapid transition to heavy drinking in the United States, 2002–2014

Cheng

López-Quintero

Anthony

2017

Int J Methods Psych Res

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Age-specific incidence estimates are important and useful facts in psychiatric epidemiology, but incidence estimation can be challenging. Methods artifacts are possible. In the United States, where the minimum legal drinking age is 21 years, recent cross-sectional field research on 12- to 25-year-olds applied conventional "age-at-assessment" approaches (AAA) for incidence estimation based on 12-month recall. Estimates disclosed unexpected nonlinear patterns in age-specific incidence estimates for both drinking onset and for transitioning from first drink to heavy drinking. Here, our aim is to draw attention to an "age of onset" (AOO) alternative to AAA approaches and to verify whether the AOO approach also discloses nonlinearity. Yearly data are from U.S. nationally representative samples drawn and assessed for National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, 2002-2014, with standardized audio computer-assisted self-interview assessments for drinking outcomes. Both AAA and AOO approaches show nonlinearities, with an unexpected dip in drinking incidence rates after age 18 and before the age 21 minimum legal drinking age. The AOO and the AAA approaches disclosed similar age-specific patterns. We discuss advantages of the AOO approach when nonlinear incidence patterns can be anticipated, but we conclude that the AAA approach has not created an artifactual nonlinear pattern.

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Incidence and risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder in a population affected by a severe flood

Cited by 40 publications

References 14 publications

Survey of Psychiatric Disorders and Quality of Life among Kaohsiung Gas Explosion Victims 12 Months after the Event

Survey of Psychiatric Disorders and Quality of Life among Kaohsiung Gas Explosion Victims 12 Months after the Event

Medium-Term Health of Seniors Following Exposure to a Natural Disaster

Age of onset or age at assessment—that is the question: Estimating newly incident alcohol drinking and rapid transition to heavy drinking in the United States, 2002–2014

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