Prevalence and determinants of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression symptoms in street children survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, four years after

Dérivois, Daniel; Cénat, Jude Mary; Joseph, Nephtalie Eva; Karray, Amira; Chahraoui, Khadija

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.034

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“…PTSD is strongly associated with gender and age (Derivois, Cénat, Joseph, Karray, & Chahraoui, 2017;Hsu, Chong, Yang, & Yen, 2002;Silvestre et al, 2014;Yang et al, 2011). In the present study, younger students reported significantly higher PTSD symptom severity.…”

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The association between disaster exposure and media use on post-traumatic stress disorder following Typhoon Hato in Macao, China

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Xiong

Yip

et al. 2019

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Direct exposure to natural disasters and related losses are associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is less clear whether indirect media exposure is associated with PTSD.Objective: This study investigated key exposure-related risk factors for PTSD and examined the effect of media exposure on the prevalence of disaster-related PTSD.Method: Typhoon Hato directly hit Macao on 23 August 2017. It was one of the most serious natural disasters ever to strike southern China. One month after the event, 1876 Chinese university students in Macao were recruited into a cross-sectional study (mean age 20.01 years, SD = 2.63; 66.2% female). Self-reported typhoon exposure, media use and exposure to disaster-related content, and PTSD symptoms were collected using an electronic survey. Univariable analyses assessed associations between risk factors and PTSD, which were then included in a series of multivariable logistic regressions.Results: The prevalence of PTSD was 5.1%. Adjusted models demonstrated that being male (vs female) [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07–2.63], home damage (aOR = 2.86, 95% CI 1.71–4.78), witnessing people injured (aOR = 2.33, 95% CI 1.36–4.00), and almost drowning during the storm (aOR = 8.99, 95% CI 1.92–41.99) were associated with PTSD. After adjusting for direct exposure, indirect exposure to disaster-related social media content, including information related to drowning victims (aOR = 1.29, 95% CI 1.00–1.67) and residents’ emotional reactions (aOR = 1.98, 95% CI 1.44–2.72), was associated with PTSD. Viewing more information about the storm itself (aOR = 0.37, 95% CI 0.28–0.49) and images of heroic acts (aOR = 0.72, 95% CI 0.55–0.94) were significantly associated with lower odds of PTSD.Conclusion: These findings add to the literature demonstrating that some types of media use and certain media content following a natural disaster are associated with PTSD.

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The association between disaster exposure and media use on post-traumatic stress disorder following Typhoon Hato in Macao, China

Hall

Xiong

Yip

et al. 2019

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…One validation study of the Japanese version of the PDI (Nishi et al., ) in N = 135 individuals after a motor vehicle collision found that, in addition to being significantly associated with PTSD as assessed by the IES‐R, peritraumatic distress was also significantly associated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) total score and anxiety and depression subscores. Three other studies, one of N = 1,355 adults, one of N = 872 children, and one of N = 128 street children after an earthquake (Cénat & Derivois, , ; Derivois et al., ), found peritraumatic distress to be associated with depression symptoms as well as PTSD. One prospective study (Kunst, ) examining posttraumatic growth in N = 678 ( n = 205 at follow‐up) survivors of violence found a significant linear relationship between peritraumatic distress and posttraumatic growth at baseline and 6 months.…”

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“…It was further validated for use in other languages, specifically French (Jehel, Brunet, Paterniti, & Guelfi, 2005) and Japanese (Nishi et al, 2009) as well as in a specific population (i.e., children; Bui et al, 2011). In addition, a Creole translation of the PDI was found to be internally consistent with a Cronbach's alpha of .82 (Derivois, Cénat, Joseph, Karray, & Chahraoui, 2017). The term "peritraumatic distress"-defined as a set of physiological, emotional, and cognitive responses that occur at and immediately after the time of a trauma-became common parlance for describing subjective peritraumatic reactions both meeting and exceeding Criterion A2.…”

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Peritraumatic distress: A review and synthesis of 15 years of research

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“…Anxiety, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder are the psychological effect of earthquakes. Study in 128 child and adolescent-earthquake survivors in the Republic of Haiti reveals that 13.28% of the survivors show anxiety symptoms (4). Age affects emotional states and ways of dealing with existing problems.…”

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The Implementation of Relaxation and Distraction Techniques on Adolescents Experiencing Anxiety in Earthquake Prone Areas

Hardayati

Mustikasari

2019

IJNHS

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Adolescents are a vulnerable group mental health problem development after frequently being exposed to disaster-related information. Some studies show that adolescent living in earthquake-prone areas experience anxiety. Adolescents’ untreated anxiety possibly causes mood disorders, eating disorders, and even anxiety disorder. Nursing intervention conducted to reduce anxiety consists of relaxation and distraction techniques. Relaxation techniques consist of deep breathing exercises and five-finger relaxation techniques. This case study aims to describe the change signs and symptoms of anxiety on adolescent in earthquake prone area that giving relaxation and distraction techniques. The subjects of this study were four high-school-adolescent-students suffering from moderate anxiety about earthquake and were measured by Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS). The results reveal that anxiety levels of all subjects decreases with average HARS score is 11,5. It is concluded that relaxation and distraction techniques can use as one of theraphy to reduce anxiety on middle adolescent in earthquake- prone area. This case study is considered as an important reference material for practitioners who find a similar case in the pratice setting.

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Prevalence and determinants of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression symptoms in street children survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, four years after

Cited by 47 publications

References 32 publications

The association between disaster exposure and media use on post-traumatic stress disorder following Typhoon Hato in Macao, China

The association between disaster exposure and media use on post-traumatic stress disorder following Typhoon Hato in Macao, China

Peritraumatic distress: A review and synthesis of 15 years of research

The Implementation of Relaxation and Distraction Techniques on Adolescents Experiencing Anxiety in Earthquake Prone Areas

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