Choi Yun-Jung, Song Heewon
Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
College of Nursing, Dong-Yang University, Yeongju-si, Korea.
Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 19;15(1):30299. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-15634-0.
This study aims to understand the mental health of South Koreans one year after the Seoul Halloween crowd disaster(hereafter referred to as the Seoul Halloween disaster), an anthropogenic disaster that occurred in 2022. In total, 651 participants completed three online surveys to measure anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) over a year after the disaster. The collected data were then analyzed with descriptive statistics, repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), and independent samples t-tests using the SPSS 28 program. Six months after the Seoul Halloween disaster, the mean mental health scores, including those for anxiety, depression, and PTSD, were all above the cutoff point, and these results continued without significant change over the year. Mainly, for PTSD, the high-risk group consistently accounted for more than 30% of the subjects, with a mean score of 39, which is considerably above the cutoff of 25 for high risk. In addition, changes in alcohol consumption and intentionally avoiding the affected area had higher anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Therefore, there is a need to target a broader range of people for post-disaster psychological support and provide resources to prevent psychological trauma from becoming chronic with a medium- to long-term approach.
本研究旨在了解2022年发生的人为灾难——首尔万圣节人群灾难（以下简称首尔万圣节灾难）发生一年后韩国人的心理健康状况。共有651名参与者完成了三项在线调查，以测量灾难发生一年后的焦虑、抑郁和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）。然后，使用SPSS 28程序，对收集到的数据进行描述性统计、重复测量方差分析（ANOVA）和独立样本t检验。首尔万圣节灾难发生六个月后，包括焦虑、抑郁和PTSD在内的平均心理健康得分均高于临界值，并且这些结果在一年中持续存在，没有显著变化。主要而言，对于PTSD，高危组一直占受试者的30%以上，平均得分为39分，大大高于高危临界值25分。此外，饮酒量的变化以及故意避开受灾地区的人有更高的焦虑、抑郁和PTSD。因此，有必要针对更广泛的人群提供灾后心理支持，并提供资源，以中长期方法防止心理创伤演变为慢性。
