Analysis on physical and psychological symptoms among the victims of the disaster in Nanba town of Sichuan Province / 中华疾病控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Through investigation and analysis of physical and psychological symptoms among the victims of the disaster,to grasp physical and psychological condition of the victims of the disaster in establish place of Nanba town.Methods According to the mechanical random sampling method,11 of 21 pieces of tent community were randomly selected,then all people over 6 years of 1/6 families from each tent community were randomly selected,in total,486 people from 96 families were recruited as the sample of investigation and assessment.According to the designed questionnaire,face-to-face investigation was adopted.Results In 6 body symptoms,positive rate of cough was 1.85%,positive rate of angina was 0.82%,positive rate of tetter was 0.62%,positive rate of fever(≥38 ℃)and positive rate of diarrhea(≥3 times/day)were both 0.21%.No symtom of vomit was found.Among them,only 22.22% of the cough person seek medical advice in time.In 8 psychological symptom,positive rate of insomnia was 4.94%,positive rate of nervous discomfort was 2.88%,positive rate of palpitation was 2.06%,positive rate of discomfort in chest was 1.65%,positive rate of the headache was 1.44%,positive rate of shiver and numb was 0.41%,positive rate of sometimes unconfidence was 0.21%.No victim thinking life hopeless were found.Conclusions The victims of the disaster in Nanba town have good physical condition and psychological state in the recent week after the earthquake.It was attributed to implement of integrated prevention measures(including health and epidemic prevention).77.78% of the persons who had coughs has not sought medical advice in time.We should pay much attention on this facts.