Post-Traumatic Stress and Associated Factors among Healthcare Workers in the Early Stage Following the 2020 Malatya-Elazig Earthquake

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Cansel N., UCUZ İ.

KONURALP TIP DERGISI, vol.14, no.1, pp.81-91, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.18521/ktd.1000636
  • Journal Name: KONURALP TIP DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.81-91
  • Keywords: Healthcare Worker, Earthquake, Trauma, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Temperament, Related Factors, DISORDER SYMPTOMS, PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, PROLONGED EXPOSURE, RISK-FACTORS, PREDICTORS, DEPRESSION, SURVIVORS, ANXIETY, PTSD, PREVALENCE
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: An earthquake is a natural disaster that seriously affects individuals physically and psychologically. Although there has been a great deal of research on the psychological effects of earthquakes, few have focused on local health workers and its early effects. In this study, it is aimed to determine the levels and predictors of early post-earthquake trauma of the local health workers working in the affected area in the earthquake that occurred on January 24, 2020, Malatya-Elazig.