Survey of quality of life and related risk factors for a Taiwanese village population 3 years post-earthquake

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-361

  Wu, Hung Chi ^b   Chou, Pesus ^c   Chou, Frank Huang Chih ^a   Su, Chao Yueh ^a   Tsai, Kuan Yi ^b   Ou Yang, Wen Chen ^d   Su, Tom Tung Ping ^c   Chao, Shin Shin ^b   Sun, Wen Jung ^e   Chen, Ming Chao ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Chia Nan Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^e Hunei Health Station   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36; Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645069653     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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