@article{ref1,
title="Heterogeneity in the co-occurrence of depression and anxiety symptoms among youth survivors: a longitudinal study using latent profile analysis",
journal="Early intervention in psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Zhang, Wei and Zhang, Jun and Ge, Fenfen and Wang, Yue",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIM: Depression and anxiety are both common psychological outcomes triggered via trauma-related experience. The current study aimed to identify the prevalence of  depression and anxiety among youth survivors, explore the heterogeneity patterns of  depression and anxiety symptoms in the chronic phase, and integrate early available  information to predict patterns. <br><br>METHODS: The study is a longitudinal study  conducted at 2 weeks and 12 months after the Lushan earthquake. Finally, 1725  children and adolescents' survivors who accomplished both two-time stages  assessments were included. The heterogeneous patterns of depression and anxiety  symptoms assessed by latent profile analysis (LPA) were used to predict  heterogeneity patterns of depression and anxiety symptoms by early attained  variables. <br><br>RESULTS: A three-class solution characterized mild depression/mild  anxiety (64.3%), moderate depression/moderate anxiety (25.9%), and high  depression/high anxiety (9.8%) parallel patterns was the most suitable model in our  research. Demographic characteristics, earthquake-related exposures, sleep, and  somatic symptoms were variables that can be used to predict the parallel profiles. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Detection of heterogeneity patterns, especially for youth survivors at  high risk, based on the self-reported measurement attained at the early stage, is  feasible. Our study may promote operational strategies by enabling targeted  intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1751-7885",
doi="10.1111/eip.13101",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13101"
}