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 (Plt;0.01, Plt;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 (Plt;0.01, Plt;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.
【摘要】 目的 了解和分析玉树地震伤员急性应激期睡眠问题。 方法 2010年4月，对90例玉树地震伤员的急性应激反应采用创伤后应激障碍症状清单平民版(PCL-C)17项量表进行筛查评估，并应用SPSS 17.0软件进行统计学分析。 结果 在PCL-C 17个条目中，提示睡眠障碍的条目2和条目13发生率分别为61.10%、63.30%，分别排列第5位、第3位，其得分分别与PCL-C总得分、闪回症状得分、回避症状得分及高警觉性症状得分均呈正相关(P值均lt;0.01)。 结论 睡眠障碍是地震伤员急性应激反应中的常见问题，需高度重视，并进行积极有效的处理。【Abstract】 Objective To learn and analyze the sleep disorders in acute stress of the wounded persons in Yushu earthquake. Methods The acute stress reaction of 90 wounded persons in Yushu earthquake were screened with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Checklist-Civilian (PCL-C) version-17 in April 2010. Sleep disorders were statistically analyzed with SPSS 17.0. Results In the 17 items of PCL-C, the incidences of the second and the thirteenth item which were related to sleep disorders were respectively 61.10% ranking at the fifth and 63.30% ranking at the third. Both scores of these two items had significant positive correlation with the total score of PCL-C and the scores of the flashback symptom, the avoidance symptom and the heightened alertness symptom (Plt;0.01). Conclusion Sleep disorder is a common problem in acute stress reaction of wounded persons in earthquakes, which needs high attention to be treated positively.
Objective To observe the effect of mental nursing for operation patients with earthquake trauma on their rehabilitation. Methods Eighty operation patients with earthquake trauma were randomly divided into two groups: mental nursing group and conventional nursing group. Psychological consult was used in the mental nursing group. Results were recorded by psychologic test, investigation questionnaire and nursing statistics. The measuring scales included SCL-90, HAMD and HAMA. Results The degree of satisfaction in the mental nursing group was obviously higher than that in the conventional nursing group. The scores of depression and anxiety in the mental nursing group were lower than these in the conventional nursing group. The length of hospital stay in the mental nursing group was also shorter (Plt;0.05). Conclusion Mental nursing could reduce dysphrenia in operation patients with earthquake trauma and facilitate their rehabilitation.
In the current study, we aim to investigate whether post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with structural alterations in specific subfields of hippocampus comparing with trauma-exposed control (TC) in a relatively large sample. We included 67 PTSD patients who were diagnosed under Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition) (DSM-Ⅳ) criteria and 78 age- and sex-matched non-PTSD adult survivors who experienced similar stressors. High resolution T1 weighted images were obtained via a GE 3.0 T scanner. The structural data was automatically segmented using FreeSurfer software, and volume of whole hippocampus and subfield including CA1, CA2-3, CA4-DG, fimbria, presubiculum, subiculum and fissure were extracted. Volume differences between the two groups were statistically compared with age, years of education, duration from the events and intracranial volume (ICV) as covariates. Hemisphere, sex and diagnosis were entered as fixed factors. Relationship between morphometric measurements with Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) score and illness duration were performed using Pearson’s correlation with SPSS. Comparing to TC, PTSD patients showed no statistically significant alteration in volumes of the whole hippocampus and all the subfields (P > 0.05). In male patients, there were significant correlations between CAPS score and volume of right CA2-3 ( R2 = 0.197, P = 0.034), right subiculum (R2 = 0.245, P = 0.016), and duration statistically correlated with right fissure (R2 = 0.247, P = 0.016). In female patients, CAPS scores significant correlated with volume of left presubiculum (R2 = 0.095, P = 0.042), left subiculum (R2 = 0.090, P = 0.048), and left CA4-DG (R2 = 0.099, P = 0.037). The main findings of the current study suggest that stress event causes non-selective damage to hippocampus in both PTSD patients and TC, and gender-specific lateralization may underlie PTSD pathology.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presents with complex and diverse clinical manifestations, making accurate and objective diagnosis challenging when relying solely on clinical assessments. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop reliable and objective auxiliary diagnostic models to provide effective diagnosis for PTSD patients. Currently, the application of graph neural networks for representing PTSD is limited by the expressiveness of existing models, which does not yield optimal classification results. To address this, we proposed a multi-graph multi-kernel graph convolutional network (MK-GCN) model for classifying PTSD data. First, we constructed functional connectivity matrices at different scales for the same subjects using different atlases, followed by employing the k-nearest neighbors algorithm to build the graphs. Second, we introduced the MK-GCN methodology to enhance the feature extraction capability of brain structures at different scales for the same subjects. Finally, we classified the extracted features from multiple scales and utilized graph class activation mapping to identify the top 10 brain regions contributing to classification. Experimental results on seismic-induced PTSD data demonstrated that our model achieved an accuracy of 84.75%, a specificity of 84.02%, and an AUC of 85% in the classification task distinguishing between PTSD patients and non-affected subjects. The findings provide robust evidence for the auxiliary diagnosis of PTSD following earthquakes and hold promise for reliably identifying specific brain regions in other PTSD diagnostic contexts, offering valuable references for clinicians.
目的 探讨“5.12”地震后北川羌族人群中类风湿关节炎（RA）患者外周血 T细胞亚群的表达情况并分析创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）对RA患者细胞免疫之间的影响。 方法 2009年3月－2010年3月，对98例北川羌族RA患者、112例健康对照，以及同期绵阳郊区84例RA患者、120例健康对照进行分析。用流式细胞仪分别检测CD3+、CD3+CD4+、CD3+ CD8+ T淋巴细胞数及CD4/+CD8+比值， RA疾病活动性采用DAS28测定，应用美国精神障碍诊断与统计手册第4版（DSM-Ⅳ）诊断标准调查RA人群中的PTSD患者，应用PTSD检查表平时版（PCL-C）检查对PTSD患者进行分析。 结果 北川羌族与绵阳郊区RA活动组患者（分别为58例、39例）与健康对照组比较，CD8+ T淋巴细胞数降低，CD+4/CD8+比值增高，差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）；北川羌族RA活动组与绵阳郊区RA活动组比较，CD3+ T淋巴细胞数降低，差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。北川RA患者中PTSD者（38例）与非PTSD者（60例）比较，PTSD组CD3+ T淋巴细胞数和CD4+/CD+8比值均明显低于PTSD组，差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）；PCL-C对北川RA患者中PTSD的测定发现，PCL高分组CD3+ T淋巴细胞数显著低于PCL低分组（P＜0.05）。 结论 “5.12”地震后一部分RA患者出现T细胞免疫功能异常，且免疫功能异常与PTSD有关，对合并有PTSD的进行RA患者早期心理干预及药物治疗，改善患者生存质量。
Objective To investigate the quality of life (QOL) of Beichuan cadres 1 year after Wenchuan earthquake, so as to provide references for promoting psychological intervention and improving QOL. Methods With the adoption of WHOQOL-BREF, questionnaire survey on basic conditions of cadre victims, and PCL-C scale, cross-section survey was conducted for 2 055 cadres of Beichuan public institutions in aspects of their QOL, social demographic characteristics and psychological trauma. Results a) Compared with domestic norm, although the Beichuan cadres had higher score in social relation domain (14.31 ± 2.59, Plt;0.01), their QOL scores in each dimensions (physical domain score: 14.16 ± 2.43; psychological domain score: 13.79 ± 2.59, environmental domain score: 11.20 ± 2.74) were lower with significant difference (Plt;0.01); b) The group with population under the age of 30 scored higher than other age groups in the psychological and environmental domains; men scored higher than women in the psychological domain; the widowed group scored lower than other groups in all domains; the Han nationality group scored higher than the Qiang nationality group in all domains; the primary education group scored lower than other groups in the social relation domain; the group with relatives, houses and physical loss or damage scored lower than the non-loss group in all domains; and the higher the score in PCL-C, the lower the scores in all domains (all Plt;0.05). Conclusion Beichuan cadres are severely affected in their physical, psychological and environmental domains even one year after Wenchuan earthquake, especially the female, the Qiang nationality, the old, the lost, and the psychological injured cadres are more badly affected with worse QOL, so those population should be concerned in particular with sustainable psychological service and other measures. The finding of social relation domain score being higher than general population suggests that it is important to promote the satisfaction with social relation through the timely effective support from both government and civil society, and the resettlement of sample housing area as well.
目的 调查极重灾区某中学学生的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状检出率及影响因素，为进一步开展灾后心理卫生服务提供依据。 方法 2008年9月下旬，对汶川地震的极重灾区都江堰某镇中学1 500名同学进行调查，获有效问卷1 498份。采用一般情况调查问卷、儿童事件影响量表（CRIES-13）中文版进行集体施测。 结果 某镇中学学生灾后4个月PTSD症状检出率29.71%（445/1 498）。经非条件逐步logistic回归筛选PTSD症状的影响因素有：地震时是否受伤（OR=1.995，P=0.000）、性别（OR=1.785，P=0.000）、绝望感（OR=1.597，P=0.000）、是否目睹死亡（OR=1.344，P=0.000）、年龄（OR=1.308，P=0.000）、是否目睹受伤（OR=1.262，P=0.000）、地震时是否被困（OR=1.209，P=0.011）、震后居住地点（OR=1.182，P=0.000）、是否目睹垮塌（OR=1.176，P=0.000）、家人情况（OR=1.104，P=0.000）、地震后是否住院（OR=0.828，P=0.041）12个因素。 结论 在灾后重建过程中，该中学的学生PTSD症状检出率较高，其与地震时是否受伤、性别、绝望感、是否目睹死亡、年龄、是否目睹受伤、地震时是否被困、震后居住地点、是否目睹垮塌、家人情况、地震后是否住院呈显著相关。