Risks of post-traumatic stress disorder among emergency medical technicians who responded to the 2016 Taiwan earthquake
| Autor: | Chih Hao Lin, Chen Long Wu, Wei Hung Chang, I. Chun Ma |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Earthquake
Southern taiwan media_common.quotation_subject Taiwan Fight-or-flight response Disasters Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Emergency medical technician Surveys and Questionnaires Earthquakes Medicine Personality Humans media_common lcsh:R5-920 Post-traumatic stress disorder business.industry Traumatic stress General Medicine Checklist Emergency Medical Technicians Disaster 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Anxiety 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology medicine.symptom business lcsh:Medicine (General) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, Vol 119, Iss 9, Pp 1360-1371 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 0929-6646 |
| Popis: | Background: Few studies have explored the field experiences and risk factors related to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among disaster rescue workers. Methods: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan on February 6, 2016. A standardized, paper-based, self-administered survey questionnaire including demographic information, field experiences and the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL) was conducted among emergency medical technicians (EMTs) one month after the earthquake. A multivariate regression model was used to analyze the associations between risk factors and the PCL. A two-sided p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The survey response rate was 86.1% (447/519). The respondents who exceeded the cut-off points for the re-experience, avoidance, or hyperarousal domains were 11.8%, 2.7%, or 4.7%, respectively. A proportion of 12.7% of respondents met partial PTSD. The personality characteristics of anxiety (p |
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