dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-26T13:38:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-26T13:38:30Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-06-22T10:40:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hussain, Ajmal Nygaard, Egil Siqveland, Johan Heir, Trond . The relationship between psychiatric morbidity and quality of life: interview study of Norwegian tsunami survivors 2 and 6 years post-disaster. BMC Psychiatry. 2016, 16 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/55273 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background
The study investigated the impact of psychiatric disorders on Quality of Life (QOL) cross-sectionally and longitudinally in a group of Norwegian tourists severely exposed to the 2004 tsunami.
Methods
Sixty-two adult Norwegian tsunami survivors were interviewed face to face 2 years post-tsunami (T1) and 58 were interviewed again by telephone 6 years post-tsunami (T2). The majority (81 %) reported direct exposure to the waves, and 14 participants (23 %) lost a close family member in the tsunami. Psychiatric morbidity was measured by structured clinical interviews and QOL was assessed with WHO’s Quality of Life-Bref scale. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to assess the independent effects of psychiatric disorders on QOL 2 and 6 years after the tsunami.
Results
Psychiatric disorders, especially depression, but also PTSD and other anxiety disorders, were associated with reduced QOL. Psychiatric disorders were more strongly related to QOL at 6 years after the tsunami than at 2 years.
Conclusions
Psychiatric disorders, and especially depression, is related to reduced QOL in a disaster exposed population. Post-disaster psychiatric disorders, such as PTSD and especially depression, should be addressed properly in the aftermath of disasters. | en_US |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | The relationship between psychiatric morbidity and quality of life: interview study of Norwegian tsunami survivors 2 and 6 years post-disaster | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.creator.author | Hussain, Ajmal | |
dc.creator.author | Nygaard, Egil | |
dc.creator.author | Siqveland, Johan | |
dc.creator.author | Heir, Trond | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,17,5,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Psykologisk institutt | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1363215 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=BMC Psychiatry&rft.volume=16&rft.spage=&rft.date=2016 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | BMC Psychiatry | |
dc.identifier.volume | 16 | |
dc.identifier.pagecount | 9 | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0868-8 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-58072 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 1471-244X | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/55273/1/2016%2BHussain%252C%2BNygaard%252C%2BSiqveland%2B%2526%2BHeir%252C%2BPsychiatric%2Bmorbidity%2Band%2Bquality%2Bof%2Blife.pdf | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |
cristin.articleid | 173 | |