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P-963 - Relationships Between Post-traumatic Spectrum Symptoms and Age, Gender and Degree of Exposure to the l’aquila 2009 Earthquake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

L. Dell’Osso ,
C. Carmassi ,
E. Massimetti ,
M. Corsi ,
I. Pergentini ,
F. Belatti ,
I. Moroni ,
P. Stratta ,
I. Ricciardi  and
C. Capanna
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L. Dell’Osso
Affiliation:
Department of Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologia, University of Pisa, Pisa
C. Carmassi
Affiliation:
Department of Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologia, University of Pisa, Pisa
E. Massimetti
Affiliation:
Department of Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologia, University of Pisa, Pisa
M. Corsi
Affiliation:
Department of Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologia, University of Pisa, Pisa
I. Pergentini
Affiliation:
Department of Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologia, University of Pisa, Pisa
F. Belatti
Affiliation:
Department of Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologia, University of Pisa, Pisa
I. Moroni
Affiliation:
Department of Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologia, University of Pisa, Pisa
P. Stratta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
I. Ricciardi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
C. Capanna
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
A. Rossi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Abstract

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Introduction

PTSD and post-traumatic spectrum symptoms represent the most frequently reported psychiatric sequelae of earthquakes and several studies have investigated the role of risk factors1,2. Aim of the present study was to explore PTSD and post-traumatic spectrum symptoms in L’Aquila (Italy) 2009 earthquake survivors and their correlations with age, gender and degree of exposure.

Method

1488 subjects were investigated by means of the TALS-SR5. The total sample was divided, by random extraction, in 8 homogenous subgroups comparable for gender, age (≤40 vs >40 years) and direct/indirect exposure to the earthquake.

Results

41.3% of exposed subjects presented PTSD vs 16.6% of not exposed. Women reported significantly higher PTSD prevalence rates and post-traumatic spectrum symptoms than men. Exposed subjects reported higher PTSD rates both in the whole sample and in all subgroups, with the only exception of younger men.

Conclusion

Our results confirm different vulnerability to PTSD after earthquake on the basis of gender, age and degree of exposure.

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Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012

References

Dell'Osso, L.Carmassi, C.Massimetti, G.Daneluzzo, E.Di Tommaso, S.Rossi, A.Full and Partial Ptsd Among Young Adult Survivors 10 Months After the l' Aquila 2009 Earthquake: Gender Differences. Journal of Affective Disorders 2011; 131: 79–8310.1016/j.jad.2010.11.023CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dell'Osso, L.Carmassi, C.Massimetti, G.Conversano, C.Daneluzzo, E.Riccardi, I.Stratta, P.Rossi, A.Impact of Traumatic Loss on Post-traumatic Spectrum Symptoms in High School Students After the l' Aquila 2009 Earthquake in Italy. Journal of Affective Disorders 2011; 134 (1-3): 59–6410.1016/j.jad.2011.06.025CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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