National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ichikawa, Japan.
PLoS One. 2013 May 30;8(5):e65398. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065398. Print 2013.
To elucidate relationships between disaster damage conditions and sleep duration among children who survived the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
The subjects comprised 12,524 children in kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms for Children 15 items (PTSSC-15), a self-completion questionnaire on traumatic symptoms, and a sleep questionnaire were distributed to them. A questionnaire regarding disaster damage conditions of the children's homes was distributed to their teachers. Of 12,524, an effective response was obtained from 11,692 (93.3%).
Relationships between sleep duration and traumatic symptoms were displayed low correlations. Children with house damage and/or evacuation experiences slept for a significantly shorter time than children without these experiences.
It is critical not only to examine traumatic symptoms in children but also to collect sleep duration and disaster damage conditions following natural disasters.
为了阐明在经历了 2011 年日本地震和海啸的儿童中,灾难破坏情况与睡眠时间之间的关系。
本研究的对象是日本宫城县石卷市幼儿园、小学和初中的 12524 名儿童。采用儿童创伤后应激症状 15 项量表(PTSSC-15)、创伤症状自评问卷和睡眠问卷对他们进行调查。同时向他们的老师发放了一份关于儿童家庭受灾情况的问卷。在 12524 名儿童中,有效应答者为 11692 名(93.3%)。
睡眠时间与创伤症状之间的关系显示出低度相关性。有房屋损坏和/或疏散经历的儿童睡眠时间明显短于没有这些经历的儿童。
在自然灾害发生后,不仅要检查儿童的创伤症状,还要收集他们的睡眠时间和灾难破坏情况,这一点至关重要。