Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Quality of Life among Flood Disaster Victims

Othman, Ahmad Zaidin; Dahlan, Akehsan; Borhani, Siti Norfaizah; Rusdi, Halil

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.10.227

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“…• Helpful for initiating treatment programs [118] • Symptom assessment and comparison of a large number of people [119] • Useful in time-limited situations [120] • Useful for in-person surveys with low literacy populations [121] • Not be totally reliable, may overestimate prevalence [118,119,173,174] • Not formally validated in Nepalese population [138] • Relies on DSM-IV criteria [152] • No validity or reliability for Turkish, French, Tamil, Sinhalese version [153][154][155] • Might not be culturally sensitive [156] • Low-range scores may be misdiagnosed [157] • May underestimate prevalence [158] • Lack of a cutoff recommendation [150,159,173] • Flood-affected adults in Tamil Nadu [118] • Survivors of the 2013 North India floods [121] • Swedish survivors of the 1994 MS Estonia disaster [122] • People affected by Hurricane Sandy [123] • Adult survivors, pregnant survivors of Wenchuan earthquake [124,125,133,142] • General population, students, low-income parents who survived Hurricane Katrina [126,128,130,141,143] • Survivors of mudslide and Wenchuan earthquake [127] • Rescue workers of Great East Japan Earthquake [129] • Survivors of 2000 Miyake Island volcanic eruption [131] • Survivors of 2010 Canterbury, New Zealand earthquakes [137] • Those who experienced 2014 flood in Malaysia [140] • Treatment-seeking individuals who experien...…”

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Measuring mental health burden in humanitarian settings: a critical review of assessment tools

Moore

Loenhout

Almeida

et al. 2020

Global Health Action

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Background: The effects of disasters and conflicts are widespread and heavily studied. While attention to disasters' impacts on mental health is growing, mental health effects are not well understood due to inconsistencies in measurement. Objective: The purpose of this study is to review mental health assessment tools and their use in populations affected by disasters and conflicts. Method: Tools that assess posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, substance use disorder, and general mental health were examined. This review began with a search for assessment tools in PubMed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar. Next, validation studies for the tools were obtained through snowball sampling. A final search was conducted for scientific studies using the selected tools in humanitarian settings to collect the data for analysis. The benefits and limitations described for each tool were compiled into a complete table. Results: Twelve assessment tools were included, with 88 studies using them. The primary findings indicate that half of the studies used the Impact of Events Scale-Revised. The most common limitation discussed is that self-report tools inaccurately estimate the prevalence of mental health problems. This inaccuracy is further exacerbated by a lack of cultural appropriateness of the tools, as many are developed for Western contexts. Conclusion: It is recommended that researchers and humanitarian workers reflect on the effectiveness of the mental health assessment tool they use to accurately represent the populations under study in emergency settings. In addition, mental health assessment should be coupled with action.

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Measuring mental health burden in humanitarian settings: a critical review of assessment tools

Moore

Loenhout

Almeida

et al. 2020

Global Health Action

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“…In December 2014, a relentless flood event took place in multiple states located around the east coast of Malaysia peninsular. Thousands were forced to evacuate their homes to designated temporary shelters that were located on higher grounds (Othman et al, 2016). The east coast of Malaysia consisted of Pahang, Terengganu, and Kelantan states were considered as the most severely affected states by the occurrence of flood (Aishah et al, 2015).…”

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Aerial Platform Reliability for Flood Monitoring Under Various Weather Conditions: A Review

Zakaria

Mahadi

Abdullah

et al. 2018

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Flood is an annual disaster in Malaysia, especially in the east coast region. Recently, other regions in Malaysia have also experience devastating flood. A flood aerial monitoring is one of the approaches that involved in the flood disaster management. Compared to space borne remote sensing, aerial platforms are much reliable to obtain higher spatial resolution and real time data. Due to cloud coverage and revisit limitations, space borne remote sensing approach is a less desirable option for flood monitoring. In this paper, a review of existing aerial platforms that perform remote sensing task under various weather conditions, specifically for flood monitoring is presented. There are four types of aerial platforms being reviewed, which are rotary wings, fixed wings, blimps and helikites. The main criteria of the review are the payload capacity, endurance (flight time), altitudes, tolerable wind speed, cost, vertical take-off and landing ability, and the ability to perform under various weather conditions, such as heavy precipitation and winds. From this review, the applications of aerial platform in recent studies never mentioned the capability of aerial platform used in such weather conditions. From all types of aerial platform discussed, helikite seems to be the most suitable to fly in extreme weather. The only drawback is that helikite has mobility issue since it is tethered to the ground. The application of helikite is useful for a small area coverage of flood monitoring. The authors will continue the study to evaluate the reliability of helikite in performing such task in the future.</p>

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“…Furthermore, adapted versions of mental distress tests for Malaysian use are very few [4]. Most of the tests also use paper and pencil form [5]- [12]. The major weakness of paper and pencil method is the test score cannot be obtained immediately.…”

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Content Validity of e-Psychological Testing Version-I for an Effective Flood Victims' Mental Health Digital Management

Nazilah¹,

Rohaizad²,

Ibrahim³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2019)

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Floods are classified among sudden onset phenomenon and the highest natural disasters happen in Malaysia. Floods have a negative impact on mental health. Mental distress intervention and treatment need to a valid and reliable test to measure its symptoms. In Malaysia, there is a lack of such test. The psychological testing which is meant for clinical setting uses also requires a more accurate test. Therefore, the objective of this study is to replicate the earlier studies of developing e-Psychological Instrument for Flood Victims Version I (e-PIFV-I). The e-PIFV-I is a self-report test which is administered digitally. It has four sub scales; stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. The test is formed for mobile platform purposes which supports android systems. Two replicated studies (study I and study II) have been done to validate the test by using expert judgment method. Results showed that content coefficient validity for each sub-scale of the test ranging from moderate to very strong validity. The coefficient value for the two subscales and the overall scale in study II were increased. This study has theoretical and practical implication in the field of e-testing, clinical psychology and flood digital management.

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Quality of Life among Flood Disaster Victims

Cited by 27 publications

References 19 publications

Measuring mental health burden in humanitarian settings: a critical review of assessment tools

Measuring mental health burden in humanitarian settings: a critical review of assessment tools

Aerial Platform Reliability for Flood Monitoring Under Various Weather Conditions: A Review

Content Validity of e-Psychological Testing Version-I for an Effective Flood Victims' Mental Health Digital Management

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