Prevalence and related factors of post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses two years after Wenchuan earthquake

VernacularTitle:汶川地震两年后重灾区护士创伤后应激障碍症状分析及干预对策
Author: Min YIN ; Xiaolin LI ; Xuehua WU ; Shichao ZHU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder,Nurses; Earthquake; Investigation
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2013;(4):58-61
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the prevalence and related factors of post-traumatic stress disorder (FTSD) among nurses who took part in rescue of 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake after two years.Methods The PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) was used to diagnose PTSD among nurses from Mianzhu,one of the city where the earthquake happened.Results Totally 223 subjects finished the evaluation.The incidence rate of PTSD among the nurses was 1.7％(PCL-C＞50),and 8.2％ people had different degree of post-traumatic stress disorder.Comparing the three symptom clusters,hyper-arousal was the most prominent one.Different age,professional position,marriage,health condition significantly influenced the prevalence of PTSD.The risk factors of PTSD was bad health condition and being divorced or widowed.Conclusions The nurses still showed some symptoms of PTSD two years after the earthquake,individualized psychological intervention should be applied to them.