Modification effects of coping on post-traumatic morbidity among earthquake rescuers

被引:31
作者
Chang, Chia-Ming [1 ,2 ]
Lee, Li-Ching [3 ]
Connor, Kathryn M. [4 ]
Davidson, Jonathan R. T. [4 ]
Lai, Te-Jen [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Chung Shan Med Univ, Dept Psychiat, Taichung 406, Taiwan
[2] Chung Shan Med Univ, Inst Med, Taichung 406, Taiwan
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Baltimore, MD USA
[4] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Durham, NC USA
关键词
earthquake; rescue worker; morbidity; coping;
D O I
10.1016/j.psychres.2006.07.015
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
This study aims to investigate the modification effects of coping strategies on the relationships between rescue effort and psychiatric morbidity (i.e. general psychiatric morbidity and post-traumatic morbidity) in earthquake rescue workers. Firefighters (n = 193) who were involved in the rescue effort after the Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake were invited to complete a questionnaire which contained questions on demographics, exposure to rescue work, general psychiatric morbidity, post-traumatic morbidity, and coping strategies. Multivariate regression models with interaction terms were carried out to investigate the modification effect of coping strategies on the relationships between rescue effort and psychiatric morbidities. Older age and longer job experiences (>3 years) were associated with both general psychiatric and post-traumatic morbidities. Coping strategies such as confrontive coping, distancing, seeking social support, accepting responsibility, escape-avoidance, planful problem solving, and positive appraisal significantly modified the effect of exposure to dead bodies on general psychiatric morbidity. Furthermore, confrontive coping, distancing, and planned problem solving significantly modified the effect of exposure to direct rescue involvement on general psychiatric morbidity. However, coping strategies were not observed to buffer the effect of rescue involvement or contact with dead bodies on post-traumatic morbidity. More frequent use of coping strategies could reduce the effect that exposure to rescue efforts has on the incidence of general psychiatric morbidity in rescue workers. However, coping strategies do not seem to reduce the influence of such exposure on trauma-related morbidities. This suggests that coping strategies can be used to prevent general psychiatric morbidity but not trauma-related morbidities. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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