Sairam Nivedita, Buch Anna, Zenker Marie-Luise, Dillenardt Lisa, Coenen Michaela, Thieken Annegret H, Jung-Sievers Caroline
Section 4.4 Hydrology GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam Germany.
Institute of Geography University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany.
Geohealth. 2025 May 29;9(6):e2024GH001135. doi: 10.1029/2024GH001135. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Floods lead to adverse impacts not only in financial terms but also on the health of the exposed population. We report on health-related Quality of Life (QoL) and functioning in the population affected by the 2021 flooding in Germany using an empirical survey data set. Health-related QoL and functioning are represented by two scores-(a) The EuroQoL 5D Visual Analog Scale (EQ-5D VAS) and (b) The 12-Item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0), respectively. By applying an incremental linear regression model and Machine Learning models, we infer that health-related QoL and functioning are strongly negatively related to the psychological burden from those being affected by the flooding. This includes how often they think about the traumatic event. Home owners were found to have worse QoL and functioning than tenants. Household income and the status of repair/reconstruction of flood damages-in specific, insurance benefits, private donation and satisfactory claims compensation are associated with high health-related QoL and functioning. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening the health-related QoL of flood affected populations and emphasizes the strong association between recovery and health-related QoL and functioning of flood-affected populations.
洪水不仅会带来经济方面的不利影响，还会对受灾人群的健康产生影响。我们利用实证调查数据集，报告了德国2021年洪灾受灾人群与健康相关的生活质量（QoL）和功能状况。与健康相关的生活质量和功能状况分别由两个分数来表示：（a）欧洲五维视觉模拟量表（EQ-5D VAS）和（b）世界卫生组织残疾评定量表12项版（WHODAS 2.0）。通过应用增量线性回归模型和机器学习模型，我们推断，与健康相关的生活质量和功能状况与洪水受灾者的心理负担呈强烈负相关。这包括他们思考创伤事件的频率。结果发现，房主的生活质量和功能状况比租户更差。家庭收入以及洪水损害的修复/重建状况，特别是保险福利、私人捐赠和满意的索赔赔偿，与较高的与健康相关的生活质量和功能状况相关。这些发现凸显了加强洪水受灾人群与健康相关生活质量的重要性，并强调了恢复与洪水受灾人群与健康相关的生活质量和功能状况之间的紧密联系。
