Stress Levels and Health Status of Victims of a Natural Disaster

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley A. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Stress Levels

oKat-SIM – An Interdisciplinary Research Project to Optimize Natural Disaster Management Using Augmented Reality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Ehses ◽  
Gerold Zeilinger ◽  
Marcel Hefner ◽  
Stefanie Uhde ◽  
Francesco Belli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Response Effort ◽  
Training Environment ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
States Of Emergency ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research Project

<p>In the event of a natural disaster, local authorities often have to rely on limited experience and sporadic training to make important and lifesaving decisions. This increases the stress levels of the workforce involved in the response effort and can result in an inaccurate assessment of the situation with potentially catastrophic consequences. oKat-SIM aims to support local administrative offices in natural disaster situations by providing augmented reality (AR)-based training to public authorities in order to increase geohazard awareness and improve associated responses. Our initial focus is on possible flood and landslide scenarios in three different regions of Germany: the lowlands of Görlitz, urbanized Leverkusen, and the mountainous Garmisch-Partenkirchen region. These scenarios are based on state-of-the-art modelling of realistic, cascading natural disaster events and incorporate environmental parameters such as precipitation, high-resolution topography, and examples from past events. Together with local partners, we are developing training simulations adapted to the threats posed by natural disasters in each of the study areas. We use the Unity game engine to translate GIS-based data and modeling results into the AR simulation environment. AR training immerses the participants in realistic states of emergency while maintaining direct communications, which results in safer and more rapid decision making that will ultimately protect communities from natural disasters. The success of the training will be evaluated by cognitive science methods including measuring the learning effect under different stress levels. These measurements will be used to modify the training environment to achieve optimal learning results.</p>

12-Month generic health status and psychological distress outcomes following an Australian natural disaster experience: 2009 Black Saturday Wildfires

Injury ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 1443-1447 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wasiak ◽  
P. Mahar ◽  
S. Lee ◽  
E. Paul ◽  
A. Spinks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Experience

scholarly journals A Comparison of Self-Perceived Health Status in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients from a Canadian National Population Survey

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda YL Tang ◽  
Alice Nabalamba ◽  
Leslie A Graff ◽  
Charles N Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ◽  
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Poor General Health ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
Irritable Bowel

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether differences exist in perceptions of physical health, mental health and stress levels between patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).METHODS: Data were obtained from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, which had a sample size of 132,947 Canadians. Information on 4441 participants aged 19 years or older who reported that they had been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease (n=474), ulcerative colitis (n=637) or IBS (n=3330) was analyzed regarding perceptions of their physical health, mental health, stress levels and activity levels.RESULTS: Overall, IBD patients reported being in fair to poor health (P<0.01) more often than IBS patients. In addition, IBS patients were more likely than IBD patients to report poor mental health status (P<0.01) and greater stress levels (P<0.01). In multivariate analyses, having IBS or IBD along with another chronic disease significantly increased the odds of reporting poorer health status.CONCLUSIONS: People with IBD were more likely to experience fair or poor general health. IBS patients reported higher levels of stress and poorer mental health than IBD patients. When IBS or IBD coexisted with another chronic condition, activity participation at home and at work was significantly more likely to be impaired.

Evaluation of a health promotion program for reducing depression, anxiety and stress in community-dwelling older adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 703-703
Author(s):  
W. Walker ◽  
D. Pierce ◽  
S. Davidson ◽  
J. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Physical Health Status ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Significant Change

AimHealth education programs that address risk factors for depression and promote positive mental health are approaches that can improve mental wellbeing. We investigated the effectiveness of a health promotion program for reducing levels of depression, anxiety and stress and for promoting appropriate help-seeking behaviour.MethodsFifty-five adults 55+years (43 female, 12 male) self-selected to attend the Healthy & Wise program - a group-based, 8 × 2hr session health-literacy program for promoting positive physical, mental and social functioning in a rural setting. A questionnaire was administered at base-line and post-intervention which included the DASS-21 to measure depression, anxiety and stress levels.ResultsNo significant change in depression scores (mean = 3.60pre-3.51post). Anxiety scores increased (mean 2.92pre-3.51post) (p = .036) correlating with age (p = .029) and change in physical health status (p = .002).Stress scores increased (mean 4.81pre-5.59post) (p = .05) correlating with age (p = .033) and change in physical health status (p = .016).Most participants (pre = 96.36%, post = 98%) indicated they would be likely to seek help from a GP if depressed. Men who mainly rely on their spouse for support were more likely to seek help from a psychologist or psychiatrist (p = .038).ConclusionsThere was no significant change in DASS-21 scores for depression. There was an increase in anxiety and stress levels which may be attributable to older participants experiencing a decline in physical health during the program. Participants remained firm in their preference for seeking help from their GP for depression. Further evaluation is needed to determine whether: at-risk-populations need to be targeted; the intervention has an impact at 12-month follow-up.

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