@article{ref1,
title="Post-traumatic stress disorder in schoolchildren after the 2011 earthquake in Lorca (Spain)",
journal="Gaceta Sanitaria",
year="2014",
author="López-García, Juan José and López-Soler, Concepción",
volume="28",
number="3",
pages="230-233",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children after the 2011 earthquake in Lorca (Spain). METHODS: By using a cross-sequential design, children aged from 8 to 12 years (495 students at 1 month and 374 at 1 year) were assessed for full and partial PTSD using the Post-traumatic Children's Symptoms Stress Disorder Scale. RESULTS: The percentage of children with PTSD was 55.4% (65.6% of girls and 46.9% of boys) at 1 month and 40.1% (44.5% girls and 35.9% children) at 1 year. One in two young girls (8-10 years) had PTSD 1 year after the earthquake. DISCUSSION: A differential effect was observed due to gender and age, in which younger children, especially girls, were particularly at risk, even 1 year after the earthquake.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0213-9111",
doi="10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.10.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.10.009"
}