Risk assessment for earthquake survivors: evaluation of generation difference.
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TheauthorsusedthePosttraumaticStressDisorderChecklist(PCL) Scale2andtheHopkinsSymptomChecklist(HSCL)scale3toevaluate posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety-depression inthesurvivors.Theyreportedthathalfof thesurvivorshadsymptoms of PTSD, and that more than three-fourths of the survivors still had symptoms of anxiety 6 months after the incident. Their research,however,hadacross-sectionaldesign.Acontinuousfollowup of the 361 survivors enrolled would have clarified the change in the prevalence of PTSD, anxiety, and depression with time.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
دوره 6 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012