Subari Salih, Demir Ilknur, Kizikli Alperen, Demir Bahadir, Ozturk Zeynel Abidin
https://ror.org/020vvc407Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Sahinbey Research and Application Hospital, Department of Geriatrics, Gaziantep, Turkey.
https://ror.org/020vvc407Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Sahinbey Research and Application Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2025 Jun 27;19:e168. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2025.10085.
We aimed to reveal the psychological effects of old and young individuals after the earthquake by looking at their post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression situations.
Data collected by face-to-face survey method were analyzed. The 4 provinces (Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman, and Gaziantep) most affected by the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey on February 6, 2023 were included in the study. Peritraumatic distress inventory, impact of events scale, and Beck depression inventory were applied to 300 people (150 old, 150 young).
The presence of peritraumatic stress was observed in 94% (282 people), PTSD symptoms in 90% (270 people) and moderate to severe depression in 36.7% (110 people). When younger were compared with those elders, it was concluded that there was no significant difference in terms of presence of peritraumatic distress (49.6% vs. 50.4%, =0.627), PTSD (49.6% vs. 50.4%, =0.620) and moderate to severe depression (45.5% vs. 54.5%, =0.258).
We found similar rates of PTSD and depression symptoms in older and younger adults exposed to earthquakes. Policies need to be developed to ensure psychological well-being after an earthquake disaster in the adult population regardless of age group.
通过观察地震后老年人和年轻人的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）及抑郁状况，揭示地震对他们的心理影响。
对通过面对面调查方法收集的数据进行分析。本研究纳入了2023年2月6日以土耳其卡赫拉曼马拉什为震中的7.7级和7.6级地震受灾最严重的4个省份（哈塔伊、卡赫拉曼马拉什、阿迪雅曼和加济安泰普）。对300人（150名老年人、150名年轻人）应用了创伤应激清单、事件影响量表和贝克抑郁量表。
94%（282人）存在创伤应激，90%（270人）有PTSD症状，36.7%（110人）有中度至重度抑郁。将年轻人与老年人比较时得出，在创伤应激的存在（49.6%对50.4%，P = 0.627）、PTSD（49.6%对50.4%，P = 0.620）和中度至重度抑郁（45.5%对54.5%，P = 0.258）方面没有显著差异。
我们发现遭受地震的老年人和年轻人中PTSD和抑郁症状的发生率相似。需要制定政策以确保成年人群体在地震灾害后无论年龄组别的心理健康。
