Anxiety, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress a month after 2019 Cyclone Fani in Odisha, India

BACKGROUND: Early Identification of disaster victims with mental health problems may be useful, but information within a short period after a disaster is scarce in developing countries. This study examined anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms at 1 month following 2019 Cyclone Fani in Odisha, India.

METHOD: Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) were assessed by the Primary care PTSD screen for DSM 5 (PC-PTSD-5), anxiety symptoms by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and depression by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The survey included participants' disaster experience e.g., evacuation, fear of death, injury, death in family, damage to house, difficulty for food, displacement, and effect on livelihood.

RESULTS: Proportion of sample (n = 80) with probable PTSD was 42.9%, with severe anxiety was 36.7%, moderately severe depression was 16.5%, and severe depression was 3.8%. Suicidal cognitions were reported to increase by 14%. Comorbidity was common; with significant (P < 0.01) correlation between PTSS and anxiety (r = 0.69), depression (r = 0.596), and between anxiety and depression (r = 0.63). Damage of house and displacement were associated significantly with PTSD; evacuation and displacement with moderate and severe depression; and displacement with severe anxiety. No specific demographic factors were significantly linked to the psychiatric morbidities.

CONCLUSION: A considerable proportion of victims had psychiatric morbidities at 1 month. Associated risk factors included housing damages, evacuation, and displacement, suggesting the need to improve the disaster-management process.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Disaster medicine and public health preparedness - 16(2022), 2 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 670-677

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kar, Nilamadhab [VerfasserIn]
Samantaray, Narendra Nath [VerfasserIn]
Kar, Shreyan [VerfasserIn]
Kar, Brajaballav [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
Cyclone
Depression
Journal Article
Odisha
Post-traumatic stress
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.06.2022

Date Revised 21.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/dmp.2020.368

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321431030