Citation

López-García JJ, López-Soler C. Gac. Sanit. 2014; 28(3): 230-233.

Vernacular Title

Trastorno de estrés postraumático en escolares tras el terremoto de Lorca (España) en 2011.

Affiliation

Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológico, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.10.009

PMID

24378257

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children after the 2011 earthquake in Lorca (Spain). METHODS: By using a cross-sequential design, children aged from 8 to 12 years (495 students at 1 month and 374 at 1 year) were assessed for full and partial PTSD using the Post-traumatic Children's Symptoms Stress Disorder Scale. RESULTS: The percentage of children with PTSD was 55.4% (65.6% of girls and 46.9% of boys) at 1 month and 40.1% (44.5% girls and 35.9% children) at 1 year. One in two young girls (8-10 years) had PTSD 1 year after the earthquake. DISCUSSION: A differential effect was observed due to gender and age, in which younger children, especially girls, were particularly at risk, even 1 year after the earthquake.

Language: es