TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Sleep Duration among Children 8 Months after the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
JO  - PLoS one
A1  - Usami, Masahide
A1  - Iwadare, Yoshitaka
A1  - Kodaira, Masaki
A1  - Watanabe, Kyota
A1  - Aoki, Momoko
A1  - Katsumi, Chiaki
A1  - Matsuda, Kumi
A1  - Makino, Kazunori
A1  - Iijima, Sonoko
A1  - Harada, Maiko
A1  - Tanaka, Hiromi
A1  - Sasaki, Yoshinori
A1  - Tanaka, Tetsuya
A1  - Ushijima, Hirokage
A1  - Saito, Kazuhiko
SP  - e65398
EP  - e65398
VL  - 8
IS  - 5
N2  - BACKGROUND: To elucidate relationships between disaster damage conditions and sleep duration among children who survived the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. METHODS: The subjects comprised 12,524 children in kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms for Children 15 items (PTSSC-15), a self-completion questionnaire on traumatic symptoms, and a sleep questionnaire were distributed to them. A questionnaire regarding disaster damage conditions of the children's homes was distributed to their teachers. Of 12,524, an effective response was obtained from 11,692 (93.3%). RESULTS: Relationships between sleep duration and traumatic symptoms were displayed low correlations. Children with house damage and/or evacuation experiences slept for a significantly shorter time than children without these experiences. CONCLUSION: It is critical not only to examine traumatic symptoms in children but also to collect sleep duration and disaster damage conditions following natural disasters.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-6203
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065398
ID  - ref1
ER  -