Koçak Hatice Serap, Kiliç Fedli Emre, Kaplan Serin Emine
Gaziantep University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Public Health Nursing Department, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Adıyaman University Faculty of Medicine, Adıyaman, Turkey.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2025 Jan 2;18:e322. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2024.307.
Earthquakes cause great destruction due to their suddenness and intensity. Although all people are affected by earthquakes, children are among those most affected. Every year, millions of children and young people are exposed to many natural disasters and are affected differently. Earthquakes can cause physical, mental, and sleep disorders in children. The aim of this study is to investigate the post-traumatic response and its effects on sleep on child and adolescent earthquake survivors living in the earthquake zone in Turkey.
This research was carried out between June and August 2023 as a descriptive and cross-sectional study. A total of 230 earthquake survivor children from Adıyaman were included in the study. Personal information forms, the Child Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index (CPTS-RI), and the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) were used to collect data.
It was determined that the scale scores of the children who were financially affected by the earthquake, who were injured, and who were under the rubble were higher 0.05).
It was observed that more than half of the children had severe trauma and had sleep disorders. Children who experience trauma from an earthquake have more sleep disorders. For this reason, in addition to emergency aid and interventions in earthquakes, arrangements should be made for the mental health of children and social and psychological support should be provided.
地震因其突发性和强烈程度会造成巨大破坏。虽然所有人都会受到地震影响，但儿童是受影响最严重的群体之一。每年，数以百万计的儿童和年轻人会遭遇众多自然灾害，且受到的影响各不相同。地震会导致儿童出现身体、心理和睡眠障碍。本研究的目的是调查土耳其地震灾区儿童和青少年地震幸存者的创伤后反应及其对睡眠的影响。
本研究于2023年6月至8月进行，为描述性横断面研究。共有来自阿德亚曼的230名地震幸存儿童纳入研究。使用个人信息表、儿童创伤后应激反应指数（CPTS-RI）和儿童睡眠障碍量表（SDSC）收集数据。
确定在经济上受到地震影响、受伤以及被埋在废墟下的儿童的量表得分更高（P<0.05）。
观察到超过一半的儿童有严重创伤且存在睡眠障碍。经历地震创伤的儿童有更多睡眠障碍。因此，除了在地震中提供紧急援助和干预措施外，还应针对儿童的心理健康做出安排，并提供社会和心理支持。
