ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Panom Ketumarn
ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in students : twenty-three months after tsunami.
แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand,Vol. 53, No. 1, January-March 2008, Page 8.
รายละเอียด / Details:
Objective: To study the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the 4th-9th grade students in an affected school 23 months after tsunami. Method: A cross-sectional survey with two-stage screening procedure was conducted to identify post-traumatic stress disorder in the 4th-9th grade students in a school in Takaupa district, Phang Nga province 23 months after the tsunami. CRIES-8 was used as a screening questionnaire in the first stage. In the second less than 17 was assessed by a psychiatrist to identify PTSD according to DSM-IV criteria. SPSS 10.0, inferential statistics and Chi-square test were used to analyze the data. Results: There were 436 students participated in the study. Forty of them were diagnosed as PTSD. The prevalence rate of PTSD was 15.1% and partial PTSD was 23.7%. Female was higher than male 3 time and higher rate in the primary classroom (25% vs. 4.9%). Conclusion: The prevalence rate of PTSD in students in a school 23 months after tsunami was 15.1%.
Keywords: PTSD, student, prevalence, tsunami, post traumatic stress disorder, mental health
ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2008
Address: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Code: 200800341
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985
Country of publication: Thailand
Language: English
Category: Abstract
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