Objective To evaluate the psychological trauma incurred by the hospitalization survivor of Zhouqu district after the Zhouqu debris flow so as to provide relevant information for psychological and medical interventions.
Methods The psychological state of 67 hospitalized survivors of the disaster and other 47 inpatients with similar complaints but not coming from the disaster area was investigated through a mental health self-assessment questionnaire, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) and PTSD-SS scale.
Results The post-disaster survivors had different levels of psychological problems and post-traumatic stress disorder, and there were significant differences compared to the control group (P lt;0.01, P lt;0.01). The SDS score and the SAS score of the survivor were 48.44+15.648 and 52.92+11.672, respectively, which were all much higher than those of the control group (P lt;0.01, P lt;0.05).
Conclusion The debris flow disaster bring serious psychological trauma to the victims. It is necessary to pertinently carry out post-disaster psychological relief including psychological intervention and regulation for the hospitalized survivors, so as to alleviate and reduce their psychological suffering.
Citation： MA Bin,QI Guoqin,LI Lun,LI Jiang,PANG Jun,MI Denghai. A Study on the Psychological Health and Stress Disorder of Hospitalized Survivors of Zhouqu Debris Flow Disaster. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2011, 11(2): 147-159. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20110026 Copy