1031 Risk Factors for PTSD and Depression after Earthquake

Study Description

Title

1031 Risk Factors for PTSD and Depression after Earthquake

Abstract

Survivors (children age 9 -18) severely impacted by Turkey’s 1999 7.4-magnitude quake were enrolled via schools in the region. One to two months following a 7.4- magnitude quake in Turkey (1999), 160 students were examined by self report questionnaire, psychiatric interview, clinician-administered post-traumatic stress disorder scale (CAPS), and depression and anxiety inventories. After 18–20 months, the research team followed up with 74 of the 96 students who had been diagnosed with PTSD at the baseline assessment, and these students were reassessed by psychiatric interview and CAPS.

PACT/R Dataset Number

1031

Principal Investigator / Dataset Creator

Kathryn Braun

Principal Investigator / Dataset Creator 2

Aysel Eksi

Number of assessment points

2

Study language

Turkish

PI ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1586-0252

PI Institution

University of Hawaii

PI 2 Institution

Istanbul University

Inclusion criteria

Students (age 9 - 18 years) attending schools in earthquake-affected region

  • Students who reported three or more negative quake-related experiences (e.g., house collapsed, injured, family member injured, family member died, relocation), were asked if they wished to participate in the study.
  • Written parental permission
  • Students who met full criteria for PTSD at baseline assessment were eligible for follow-up.

Coverage

Date
1999 - 2000
Geographical Coverage Description

Turkey

Country
TR

Funding

Grant Number
1398-05 052 000
Description

Istanbul University Research Fund, grant # 1398–5, 052 000

Data

Analysis Unit
Individual
Analysis Unit

Child exposed to an index potentially traumatic event

Extra

Metadata Packages