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P0274 - The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and its symptoms eight months after the earthquake among Bam survivors: An epidemiological study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Farhoudian ,
V. Sharifi ,
R. Rad Goodarzi ,
M.R. Mohammadi ,
M. Yunesian ,
M.T. Yasamy  and
A. Rahimi Movaghar
A. Farhoudian
Affiliation:
Research Department of Psychology and Special Needs, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
V. Sharifi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran
R. Rad Goodarzi
Affiliation:
Research Department of Psychology and Special Needs, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
M.R. Mohammadi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran
M. Yunesian
Affiliation:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
M.T. Yasamy
Affiliation:
Shaheed Bheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
A. Rahimi Movaghar
Affiliation:
Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, University of Tehran Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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Bam earthquake in December, 2004 was one of the most devastating disasters in the world. It affected a total population of 970000 and decimated over 35000 people. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of full or partial posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its symptoms in a sample of survivors of Bam earthquake.

This cross-sectional study included 786 people in randomly selected households through cluster sampling eight months after the earthquake. Subjects were assessed by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).

About 98 percent of the respondents were exposed to one or more traumatic life experiences. The most severe traumatic experience in 87.2 percent of the subject was witnessing others injuries or corpses. The lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 59.1 percent. Partial PTSD (having some PTSD symptoms without fulfilling the minimum criteria) and current PTSD had prevalence rates equal to 20.2 and 51.9 percent, respectively. There was not a significant difference between men and women with regard to prevalence of PTSD and its symptoms. “Numbness and avoidance” was the least prevalent and “reexperience” the most prevalent symptom groups.

PTSD is highly prevalent in Bam earthquake survivors that warrant implementing community-based interventions for the disturbed population.

Type
Poster Session II: Epidemiology
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue S2: 16th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 16th AEP Congress , April 2008 , pp. S273
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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