Previous studies have suggested that the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in earthquake rescue workers is relatively high. Risk factors for this disorder include demographic characteristics, earthquake-related high-risk factors, risk factors in the rescue process, personality, social support and coping style. A recent study published in the Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 8, No. 20, 2013) examined the current status of a unit of 1 040 rescue workers who participated in earthquake relief for the Wenchuan earthquake that occurred on May 12th, 2008. According the the study, post-traumatic stress disorder was diagnosed primarily using the Clinician-Administered Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Scale during structured interviews. Univariate and multivariate sta-tistical analyses were used to examine major risk factors that contributed to the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder. Findings showed that the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder was the result of the interaction of multiple factors, including near-death experience, severe injury or mental trauma, working in the epicenter of the rescue, neurotic personality, negative coping and low social support.
Article: " Post-traumatic stress disorder status in a rescue group after the Wenchuan earthquake relief," by Junhua Huang1, 2, Qunying Liu3, Jinliang Li4, Xuejiang Li2, Jin You5, Liang Zhang6, Changfu Tian7, Rongsheng Luan1 (1 Department of Epidemiology, Huaxi Public Health School of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China; 2 Yunnan General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Kunming 650111, Yunnan Province, China; 3 Department of Psychological Counseling, Yunnan General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Kunming 650111, Yunnan Province, China; 4 Department of Psychological Counseling, Sichuan General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Leshan 614000, Sichuan Province, China; 5 Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China; 6 Kunming Center for Disease Control, Kunming 650228, Yunnan Province, China; 7 Scientific Research and Experimental Center, Kunming Medical College, Kunming 650031, Yunnan Province, China)
Huang JH, Liu QY, Li JL Li XJ, You J, Zhang L, Tian CF, Luan RS. Post-traumatic stress disorder status in a rescue group after the Wenchuan earthquake relief. Neural Regen Res. 2013;8(20):1898-1906.
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