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Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its risk factors among survivors in a heavily-hit area five years after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, China. METHODS: 684 survivors from Beichuan county, the center of the Wenchuan Earth...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26040516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-015-0247-z |
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author | Zhang, Li-Ping Zhao, Qian Luo, Zhong-Cheng Lei, Yi-Xiong Wang, Yu Wang, Pei-Xi |
author_facet | Zhang, Li-Ping Zhao, Qian Luo, Zhong-Cheng Lei, Yi-Xiong Wang, Yu Wang, Pei-Xi |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its risk factors among survivors in a heavily-hit area five years after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, China. METHODS: 684 survivors from Beichuan county, the center of the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008, were evaluated using the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) questionnaire in 2013. RESULTS: The prevalence of PTSD among survivors was 9.2% in 2013. Significant risk factors of PTSD included gender (females 12.1%, males 5.2%), age (18–35 y 0.8%, 36–59 y 9.7%, ≥60 y 12.9%), occupation (farmers 12.2%, non-farmers 1.6%), education (less than high school 11.0%; > = high school 0.8%) and family member loss (yes: 12.4%, no: 7.3%). Multivariate logistic regression showed that females, older people, farmers and those with family member loss were significantly more likely to develop PTSD. CONCLUSIONS: Posttraumatic stress symptoms remained relatively common among survivors five years after the “5.12” Earthquake in Beichuan county, China. It is important to provide psychological aid and social support for survivors to decease health burden from PTSD, especially for females, farmers, old age survivors and those with family member loss. |
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spelling | pubmed-44560582015-06-05 Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China Zhang, Li-Ping Zhao, Qian Luo, Zhong-Cheng Lei, Yi-Xiong Wang, Yu Wang, Pei-Xi Health Qual Life Outcomes Research OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its risk factors among survivors in a heavily-hit area five years after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, China. METHODS: 684 survivors from Beichuan county, the center of the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008, were evaluated using the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) questionnaire in 2013. RESULTS: The prevalence of PTSD among survivors was 9.2% in 2013. Significant risk factors of PTSD included gender (females 12.1%, males 5.2%), age (18–35 y 0.8%, 36–59 y 9.7%, ≥60 y 12.9%), occupation (farmers 12.2%, non-farmers 1.6%), education (less than high school 11.0%; > = high school 0.8%) and family member loss (yes: 12.4%, no: 7.3%). Multivariate logistic regression showed that females, older people, farmers and those with family member loss were significantly more likely to develop PTSD. CONCLUSIONS: Posttraumatic stress symptoms remained relatively common among survivors five years after the “5.12” Earthquake in Beichuan county, China. It is important to provide psychological aid and social support for survivors to decease health burden from PTSD, especially for females, farmers, old age survivors and those with family member loss. BioMed Central 2015-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4456058/ /pubmed/26040516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-015-0247-z Text en © Zhang et al. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Zhang, Li-Ping Zhao, Qian Luo, Zhong-Cheng Lei, Yi-Xiong Wang, Yu Wang, Pei-Xi Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China |
title | Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China |
title_full | Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China |
title_short | Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China |
title_sort | prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “wenchuan” earthquake in china |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26040516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-015-0247-z |
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