reference : Financial and social circumstances and the incidence and course of PTSD in Mississippi during the first two years after Hurricane Katrina

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Abstract Hurricane Katrina was the most devastating natural disaster to hit the United States in the past 75 years. The authors conducted interviews of 810 persons who were representative of adult residents living in the 23 southernmost counties of Mississippi before Hurricane Katrina. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since Hurricane Katrina was 22.5%. The determinants of PTSD were female gender, experience of hurricane-related financial loss, postdisaster stressors, low social support, and postdisaster traumatic events. Kaplan-Meier survival curves suggest that exposure to both hurricane-related traumatic events and to financial and social stressors influenced the duration of PTSD symptoms. Postdisaster interventions that aim to improve manipulable stressors after these events may influence the onset and course of PTSD.
Author Galea, S.; Tracy, M.; Norris, F.; Coffey, S. F.
DOI 10.1002/jts.20355
Date Aug
ISSN 1573-6598
Issue 4
Journal Journal of Traumatic Stress
Keywords Adolescent; Adult; Aged; *Disasters/economics; Female; Financing, Personal; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Male; Middle Aged; Mississippi/epidemiology; *Social Support; Stress Disorders,; Post-Traumatic/economics/*epidemiology/etiology/*physiopathology; Survival/*psychology
Language eng
Notes 1573-6598 Galea, Sandro Tracy, Melissa Norris, Fran Coffey, Scott F MH 078152/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural United States J Trauma Stress. 2008 Aug;21(4):357-68. doi: 10.1002/jts.20355.
Pages 357-368
Title Financial and social circumstances and the incidence and course of PTSD in Mississippi during the first two years after Hurricane Katrina
Volume 21
Year 2008
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