Identifying pre-disaster risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake:

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25750343
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: MOMMA Haruki 東北大学, 医工学研究科, 助教 (90633488)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 心的外傷後ストレス障害 / 体力 / メンタルヘルス / 災害

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between pre-disaster physical functioning and lifestyle and PTSD symptoms five months after the earthquake in the Great East Japan Earthquake survivors.
As a result, among men, total score of the IES-R-J, a score of PTSD symptoms, was negatively associated with leg extension power, and positively associated with daily drinking and depressive symptoms. On the other hand, hypertension and depressive symptoms were positively associated with the total score of the IES-R-J.
Therefore, leg extension power is a potentially modifiable pre-disaster risk factor among men for attenuating the severity of PTSD symptoms associated with great disasters such as the Great East Japan Earthquake among men.

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