Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among adult survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake in China: A repeated cross-sectional study

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• 作者：Jing Guo^a ; Ping Wu^b ; Donghua Tian^a ; ^{tian65216@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail} ; Xiaohua Wang^a ; Weijun Zhang^a ; Xiulan Zhang^a ; Zhiyong Qu^c ; ^{qzy@bnu.edu.cn" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：PTSD ; Depression ; Self-perceived health status
• 刊名：Journal of Anxiety Disorders
• 出版年：January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：28
• 期：1
• 页码：75-82
• 全文大小：621 K

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The objective of the study was to examine trends in the prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Wenchuan, China, over the four-year period following its 2008 earthquake, and to explore the risk factors related to current PTSD. Chi-square analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to assess PTSD morbidity and identify associated risk factors. The results indicated that the prevalence of PTSD was 58.2% at two months, 22.10% at 8 months, 19.8% at 14 months, 19.0% at 26 months, and 8.0% at about 44 months after the earthquake. Female gender, being married, low education, non-drinking, and poor self-perceived health status were significantly associated with PTSD during the early period following the earthquake. Depression was significantly associated with survivors鈥?PTSD throughout the study period.