The incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors after earthquakes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dai, Wenjie ^a   Chen, Long ^a,b   Lai, Zhiwei ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wang, Jieru ^a,c   Liu, Aizhong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhuhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Incidence; Meta analysis; Post traumatic stress disorder; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VICTIM; DISASTER; FEMALE; GRIEF; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

BEREAVEMENT; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84974633322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0891-9     Document Type: Article

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