Telles Shirley, Singh Nilkamal, Joshi Meesha
Department of Yoga Research and Development, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, India.
Indian J Med Sci. 2009 Aug;63(8):330-4.
Following a natural disaster, survivors are vulnerable to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/ or depression.
(i) To screen survivors of the Bihar floods a month after the event to determine their scores in a screening questionnaire for PTSD and/ or depression and (ii) to correlate these scores with age and gender.
One thousand two hundred eighty-nine persons (645 females) who had been directly exposed to the floods in Bihar, India, in August 2008 were assessed. The Screening Questionnaire for Disaster Mental Health (SQD) was used to screen for PTSD and depression.
Separate two-factor ANOVAs were used to compare persons of both sexes and 5 different age groups for PTSD and depression scores. This was followed by post-hoc analysis for multiple comparisons.
People over the age of 60 years had significantly higher scores for PTSD and depression compared to all groups (P< 0.05 for all comparisons).
Following a natural disaster, older people appear more vulnerable to develop PTSD and depression. This should be taken into account in devising strategies for disaster relief.
自然灾害过后，幸存者易患创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）和/或抑郁症。
（i）在事件发生一个月后对比哈尔邦洪水的幸存者进行筛查，以确定他们在PTSD和/或抑郁症筛查问卷中的得分；（ii）将这些得分与年龄和性别进行关联。
对2008年8月在印度比哈尔邦直接遭受洪水影响的1289人（645名女性）进行评估。使用灾害心理健康筛查问卷（SQD）对PTSD和抑郁症进行筛查。
采用独立的双因素方差分析来比较不同性别和5个不同年龄组人群的PTSD和抑郁症得分。随后进行多重比较的事后分析。
60岁以上人群的PTSD和抑郁症得分显著高于所有其他组（所有比较P<0.05）。
自然灾害过后，老年人似乎更容易患PTSD和抑郁症。在制定救灾策略时应考虑到这一点。
