THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTER ON THE HEALTH OF OLDER ADULTS - A MULTIWAVE PROSPECTIVE-STUDY
THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTER ON THE HEALTH OF OLDER ADULTS - A MULTIWAVE PROSPECTIVE-STUDY
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DOI：
10.2307/2137181
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发表时间：
1988-03-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
NORRIS, FH
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作者：
PHIFER, JF;KANIASTY, KZ;NORRIS, FH
作为一项小组研究的参与者，在1981年和1984年发生在肯塔基州东南部的两次洪水之前和之后，对200多名老年人进行了采访。本研究探讨了洪水暴露对身体健康的影响，这一样本超过五个后续访谈。主要发现如下：首先，洪水暴露与该样本中的适度健康下降有关。其次，对不太严重的洪水的症状反应似乎是季节性的，在事件发生后的第一个春天达到高峰，到那个秋天下降，然后在第二个春天增加到较小的程度。这种季节性趋势只出现在那些在洪水中经历了严重个人损失和严重社区破坏的人身上。在老年人样本中，这不是一般的季节性健康趋势。第三，健康影响的持续性与洪水强度直接相关。
As participants in a panel study, over 200 older adults were interviewed both before and after each of two floods that occurred in southeastern Kentucky in 1981 and 1984. The present study examined the impact of flood exposure on the physical health of this sample over five follow-up interviews. The major findings were as follows: first, flood exposure was related to modest health declines in this sample. Second, symptomatic reactions to the less severe flood appeared to be seasonal, peaking in the first spring after the incident, decreasing by that fall, then increasing to a lesser degree the following spring. This seasonal trend was found only for those who had experienced both high personal losses and high community destruction in the floods. It was not a general seasonal health trend among the older adult sample. Third, the persistence of health effects was related directly to flood intensity.