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Earthquake survivors' quality of life and academic achievement six years after the earthquakes in Marmara, Turkey
Author(s) -
Ceyhan Esra,
Ceyhan A. Aykut
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01023.x
Subject(s) - turkish , occupational safety and health , poison control , injury prevention , quality of life (healthcare) , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , medicine , gerontology , forensic engineering , environmental health , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , nursing , pathology
This study investigates the quality of life (QOL) and academic achievement of earthquake survivors six years after the earthquakes in Marmara, Turkey. Data were collected from 407 Turkish university students. Of these, 201 were earthquake survivors and 206 had not been exposed to an earthquake. The Turkish adaptation of the brief version of the World Health Organisation's QOL instrument (WHOQOL‐BREF, TR) was used to measure QOL. The results reveal that the earthquake survivors' psychological and environmental domains of QOL and academic achievement were significantly lower than those of individuals not exposed to an earthquake. The results also highlight the risk factors that affect the QOL of the earthquake survivors significantly. These are their gender, their age at the time of earthquake and the continued existence of financial difficulties linked to the earthquakes.