Posttraumatic symptoms were worst among quake victims with injuries following the Chi-chi quake in Taiwan

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-500

  Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a   Wu, Shu Jen ^a   Ma, Tso Ching ^a   Chiu, Ming Chu ^b   Chou, Sze Yuan ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taichung Blood Center   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Injuries; Posttraumatic symptoms; Victims

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TAIWAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947388840     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

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