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Post‐traumatic stress disorder among survivors two years after the 2010 M ount M erapi volcano eruption: A survey study
Author(s) -
Warsini Sri,
Buettner Petra,
Mills Jane,
West Caryn,
Usher Kim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12152
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , natural disaster , psychological intervention , demography , clinical psychology , psychiatry , geography , sociology , meteorology
The M ount M erapi volcanic eruption in O ctober 2010 was one of I ndonesia's largest and most recent natural disasters. A cross‐sectional study was undertaken to measure the psychosocial impact of the eruption on survivors in two locations in Y ogyakarta, J ava, I ndonesia. The Impact of Event Scale Revised was used to assess participants' symptoms of post‐traumatic stress disorder. Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder responses and demographic characteristics were compared in both locations by conducting bivariate analysis using M ann– W hitney and t tests. The relative contributions of demographic variables and psychosocial impact were examined using multiple linear regression analyses. Two years after the eruption, survivors from the area closest to the eruption had significantly higher Impact of Event Scale Revised scores than those in the comparison area. In particular, females, adults between the ages of 18 and 59, and people who owned their own home experienced the highest levels of psychosocial impact. Nurses and other health professionals need to be aware of the impact of natural disasters on survivors and develop interventions to help people adjust to the psychosocial impact of these events.