Natural Course of Posttraumatic Symptoms in Late-Adolescent Maritime Disaster Survivors: Results of A 12-Month Follow-Up Study
Psychiatry Investigation
;
: 574-583, 2018.
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in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-714990
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study is a prospective observational study on 75 late-adolescent survivors of a large passenger ship accident from immediately after the accident to one year later.METHODS:
Assessments of student survivors were conducted on day 2 and at months 1, 6, and 12. The PTSD Checklist (PCL), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), State subscale of the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) were administered.RESULTS:
When the assessments for day 2 and month 12 were compared, all the scales, except the PCL-avoidance subscale, showed a significant improvement in symptoms among males. However, among females, all the scales, except the PCL-re-experience subscale and the STAI-S, failed to show a significant improvement. All the symptoms for both males and females showed a pattern that decreased to the lowest level at month 1 (camp-based controlled intervention period), then increased at months 6 and 12 (voluntary individual treatment after returning to school).CONCLUSION:
The rapid deterioration of psychological symptoms was found during the chronic phase, when students returned to their daily routines and received voluntary individual therapy. There is a need to screen high-risk adolescents and be more attentive to them during this period.
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Main subject:
Anxiety
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Ships
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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Weights and Measures
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Prospective Studies
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Follow-Up Studies
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Survivors
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Disasters
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Checklist
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Observational Study
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychiatry Investigation
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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