Ishwari Adhikari Baral|Bhagawati K.C
Post traumatic stress disorder and coping strategies among adult survivors of earthquake, Nepal
Tribhuvan University|Tribhuvan University
post traumatic stress disorder ptsd frequently reported psychiatric morbidity among survivors natural disasters main hindrance rehabilitate life however prevalence particularly nepal largely unknownto investigate prevalence post traumatic stress disorder use coping strategies among adult survivors earthquakea cross sectional descriptive study carried sample 291 adult survivors 10 months nepal earthquake 2015 study setting nuwakot district multistage sampling cluster sampling systematic random sampling method ptsd checklist5 used measure ptsd adapted modified brief cope scale used assess coping strategies data analyzed using descriptive inferential statistics independent ttest oneway anova 5 level significancestudy findings revealed ptsd prevalent among 2410 adult survivors highest intrusion symptoms 324 071 significantly associated age p 0017 sex p 0013 education p 00001 injury self p 0003 elderly females illiterates injured earthquake risk ptsd highest used coping strategy active coping 292 051 survivors ptsd scored active coping p 00001 self distraction coping p 0006 ptsd mostly used passive coping p 00001 religious coping p 00001 substance use coping p 00001earthquake poses significant impact mental health survivors 10 months devastating earthquake prevalence ptsd among survivors high maladaptive coping strategies increase possibility ptsd effective screening awareness program regarding promotion positive coping strategies among vulnerable groups reinforced prevention psychiatric morbidity among survivors earthquake