Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Psychiatry Res. 2017 Oct;256:391-395. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.07.005. Epub 2017 Jul 4.
This study evaluated the factors associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms in Korean adolescents who lived in a disaster-affected community. A total of 1101 students attending secondary and high schools in Jindo, the location of the Sewol ferry disaster, were enrolled in a cross-sectional survey. The Child Report of Post-traumatic Symptoms (CROPS), the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the State Anxiety Inventory for Children (SAIC) were administered. Female gender, older children, poor academic achievement, and directly witnessing the rescue scene were associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms. The CES-D and SAIC scores of subjects with witness of the rescue were significantly higher than those of respondents without such experiences. The regression analysis revealed that directly witnessing the rescue scene was significantly associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms after adjusting for other variables. The results of this study suggest that witnessing the rescue scene following a disaster might be a risk factor for post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents in disaster-affected communities.
本研究评估了生活在受灾社区的韩国青少年创伤后应激症状的相关因素。共纳入了来自珍岛，世越号沉船事故发生地的 1101 名中学生和高中生进行横断面调查。采用儿童创伤后症状报告量表（CROPS）、流行病学研究抑郁量表（CES-D）和儿童状态焦虑量表（SAIC）进行评估。女性、年龄较大的孩子、学业成绩较差以及直接目睹救援现场与创伤后应激症状相关。有目击救援经历的受试者的 CES-D 和 SAIC 评分明显高于无此类经历的受访者。回归分析显示，在校正其他变量后，直接目击救援现场与创伤后应激症状显著相关。本研究结果表明，灾难后目睹救援场景可能是受灾社区青少年创伤后应激症状的一个风险因素。
