Abstract
Objective To investigate the severity of post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) in victims of Wenchuan earthquake under different exposing factors. Methods One month after Wenchuan earthquake,354 wounded of distress area were collected from 11 hospitals of the Chongqing Municipality that received transferred wounded, according to multi-stage cluster sampling method. They were evaluated by PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) and diagnostic tools,then analyzed the influencing factors of PTSD. Results The scores of victims who witnessed someone be buried,died and taken surgery were 44.64±11.86,44.67±12.49,45.96±12.1,44.80±12.92,higher than unexposed and had significant difference( P <0.01). Multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed those who were buried(OR=2.171, 95%CI:1.088～4.333)was high risk factor of severity of PTSD. Conclusion The more sever of exposing factor, the more sever of PTSD symptoms. Buried was highest among the six exposing factors. With time passed the possibility grew higher.Provide psychological intervention should be provided and be in for quite a long time to be concerned about. Key words: Post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD); Earthquake; Exposing factor
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