TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress among survivors of the 2005 Pakistani earthquake
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Hashmi, Shahrukh
A1  - Petraro, Paul
A1  - Rizzo, Tara
A1  - Nawaz, Hafsa
A1  - Choudhary, Rabeea
A1  - Tessier-Sherman, Baylah
A1  - Kasl, Stanislav
A1  - Nawaz, Haq
SP  - 293
EP  - 299
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
N2  - Objectives:  To assess and compare the prevalence of psychological morbidity among survivors of the 2005 northern Pakistan earthquake from Azad Kashmir and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Methods:  We conducted a cross-sectional study among randomly sampled survivors (N = 361) of the earthquake living in camps at the time of the interview, approximately 6 months after the earthquake. Results:  The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in the total sample was 51.5% and the prevalence of individuals who received positive scores on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) was 75%. The prevalence rates for anxiety and depression symptoms were 77.3% and 70.9%, respectively. The prevalence in Azad Kashmir was 57.9% for PTSD and 79.8% for positive HSCL, and NWFP had 41.3% PTSD and 67.4% positive HSCL. Study subjects from Azad Kashmir were approximately 2 times as likely to have PTSD or a positive HSCL when compared to subjects from NWFP (odds ratio 1.95, confidence interval 1.27-3.0; P = .0024) and (odds ratio 1.91, confidence interval 1.18-3.1; P = .0085), respectively. Conclusions:  Nearly half of the northern Pakistan earthquake survivors had symptoms of PTSD. Six months after the incident, more than three-fourths exhibited symptoms of an anxiety disorder.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/dmp.2011.81
ID  - ref1
ER  -