Psychological Effects of Earthquake on Health Professionals: Investigation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Factors

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dc.contributor.authorDeniz, S.
dc.contributor.authorInceoglu, F.
dc.contributor.authorKoca, M.
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-19T06:37:35Z
dc.date.available2026-06-19T06:37:35Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground:Earthquake is characterized as an event that can cause trauma. Earthquake Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is expressed as a disorder that basically causes intense anxiety in the individual and seriously impairs the functioning of the individual when the individual witnesses events such as death or serious injury.Aim:This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among health professionals after the earthquake.Methods:The study was conducted on healthcare workers working at Malatya Training and Research Hospital after the February 2023 earthquakes. In the analyses conducted with SEM, the sample size is required to be 200 or more. Accordingly, 379 participants were recruited for the study.Results:The overall mean score of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale was calculated as 44.48, and the mean score of the Impact of Events Scale was calculated as 49.76. Re-experiencing scores had statistically significant effects on hyper arousal (beta 1 = 0.808; P = 0.001), negative changes (beta 1 = 0.651; P = 0.001), and avoidance (beta 1 = 0.767; P = 0.001) scores. Avoidance scores had a statistically significant effect only on the negative changes score (beta 1 = 0.149; P = 0.001).Conclusion:As a result of the research, the prevalence of long-term PTSD among healthcare workers living in the earthquake zone was determined as 46.7%. This result revealed that the effects of PTSD were widely seen even approximately 1.5 years after the earthquake disaster. It has been found that the recollection of events due to sudden trauma experienced by individuals affects post-traumatic stress disorder.
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/njcp.njcp_538_24
dc.identifier.endpage312
dc.identifier.issn1119-3077
dc.identifier.issn2229-7731
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6941-4813
dc.identifier.pmid40214055
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105002683189
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage305
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_538_24
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/5117
dc.identifier.volume28
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001464695700009
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
dc.relation.ispartofNigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260612
dc.subjectEarthquake
dc.subjectHealthcare Worker
dc.subjectPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
dc.titlePsychological Effects of Earthquake on Health Professionals: Investigation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Factors
dc.typeArticle

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