The psychological impact of a dual-disaster caused by earthquakes and radioactive contamination in Ichinoseki after the Great East Japan Earthquake

The psychological impact of dual-disasters (earthquakes and a nuclear accident), on affected communities is unknown. This study investigated the impact of a dual-disaster (earthquakes and radioactive contamination) on the prevalence of psychological distress in a landlocked city within the Tohoku ar...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2014-05, Vol.7 (1), p.307-307, Article 307
Main Authors: Niitsu, Tomihisa, Takaoka, Kota, Uemura, Saho, Kono, Akiko, Saito, Akihiko, Kawakami, Norito, Nakazato, Michiko, Shimizu, Eiji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Air Pollution, Radioactive
Analysis
Anxiety
Disasters
Earthquakes
Geography
Germany
Humans
Japan - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Natural disasters
Nuclear power plants
Odds Ratio
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Prevalence
Psychological aspects
Stress
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Studies
Surveys
Young Adult
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Summary:The psychological impact of dual-disasters (earthquakes and a nuclear accident), on affected communities is unknown. This study investigated the impact of a dual-disaster (earthquakes and radioactive contamination) on the prevalence of psychological distress in a landlocked city within the Tohoku area, Japan. A cross-sectional mail-in survey with a random sample of inhabitants from Ichinoseki city was conducted eleven months after the disasters, and data from 902 respondents were analyzed by logistic regression models, with multiple imputation methodology. The K6 was used to determine psychological distress. The estimated prevalence of psychological distress was 48.0 percent. House damage due to earthquakes and anxiety about radioactive contamination were significantly associated with psychological distress (p 
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/1756-0500-7-307