Psychological symptoms and quality of life after repeated exposure to earthquake: A cohort study in Italy

Francesco Altamore, Iolanda Grappasonni, Neelam Laxhman, Stefania Scuri, Fabio Petrelli, Giuliana Grifantini, Pamela Accaramboni and Stefan Priebe

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-6

Abstract: In 2005, a random sample of 200 people were assessed in Camerino, Italy, eight years after an earthquake. Psychological symptom levels were low and only one person had current Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In 2016 a new earthquake occurred in Camerino. The study aims to assess the impact of the second exposure in the same cohort. A longitudinal study was conducted, 130 participants were re-interviewed between July and December 2017. Psychological symptoms were self-rated on the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the Global Severity Index (GSI) was analysed. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were self-rated on the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). Subjective quality of life (SQOL) was assessed on the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA). Mean scores of GSI and IES-R were significantly higher than in 2005 (p

Date: 2020
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