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. 2009 Mar 1;4(1):78-85.
doi: 10.1002/jts.20404..

A Pre-/Post-Disaster Epidemiological Study of Mental Health Functioning in Vietnam's Da Nang Province Following Typhoon Xangsane

Ron Acierno  1 , Ananda B Amstadter, Daniel F Gros, Lisa Richardson, Dean G Kilpatrick, Lam Tu Trung, Tran Tuan, La Thi Buoi, Tran Thu Ha, Tran Duc Thach, Mario T Gaboury, Trinh Luong Tran, Nguyen Thanh Tam, Anne Seymour, Sandro Galea
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A Pre-/Post-Disaster Epidemiological Study of Mental Health Functioning in Vietnam's Da Nang Province Following Typhoon Xangsane

Ron Acierno et al. Int Perspect Vict. .

Abstract

In 2006, typhoon Xangsane struck Vietnam and disrupted a large-scale mental health needs analysis in the Da Nang province of Vietnam. Recruitment of new participants was halted, and the design of study was altered to that of a pre-/post-event investigation in which 798 of the original 4,982 participants were re-interviewed. This produced the first pre-post disaster epidemiological study. Specifically, risk and protective factors were evaluated with respect to probable mental health "caseness" on the bases of the World Health Organization Short Response Questionnaire (SRQ-20) 7/8 cutoff (i.e., scores of 8 or more). Caseness prevalence was 20.7% pre-disaster and 27.1% post-disaster. Specific risk factors associated with mental health caseness included poor health, extreme peri-disaster fear, and experienced injury. Religious affiliation appeared to be a protective factor. In contrast to US samples, gender was not predictive of outcome.

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