韦尔扎诺灾难的长期身心影响。
Long-term physical and psychological effects of the Vajont disaster.
机构信息
Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy.
出版信息
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2011;2. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v2i0.8454. Epub 2011 Oct 17.
BACKGROUND
Few studies to date investigated the long-term consequences of disasters on physical health.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the present report was to study the consequence on physical health of exposure to the Vajont disaster after 40 years. We also explored the effects of severity of trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and major depression disorder on physical health and health-related quality of life.
METHOD
Sixty survivors of the Vajont disaster and 48 control subjects of similar gender, education, and age participated in the study. Physician-reported and subjective measures of physical health have been employed.
RESULTS
Survivors reported a greater number of physical complaints than controls (p<0.001), and some type of diseases showed a significant relationship with PTSD or PTSD symptoms. Quality of life differed between the two groups as regards the perception of physical health. The number of intrusive PTSD symptoms showed a significant negative effect on the quality of life of survivors.
CONCLUSIONS
Our study shows that large-scale disasters such as the Vajont one may have deleterious effects on both psychological and physical health.
背景
迄今为止，很少有研究调查灾难对身体健康的长期影响。
目的
本报告的目的是研究暴露于万塔灾难 40 年后对身体健康的影响。我们还探讨了创伤严重程度、创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）和重度抑郁症对身体健康和健康相关生活质量的影响。
方法
本研究纳入了 60 名万塔灾难幸存者和 48 名性别、教育程度和年龄相似的对照组参与者。采用医生报告和主观的身体健康评估指标。
结果
与对照组相比，幸存者报告了更多的身体不适（p<0.001），某些类型的疾病与 PTSD 或 PTSD 症状显著相关。两组在身体健康感知方面的生活质量存在差异。侵入性 PTSD 症状的数量对幸存者的生活质量有显著的负面影响。
结论
我们的研究表明，像万塔这样的大规模灾难可能对心理和身体健康都产生有害影响。
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