Dean, Faculty of Nursing, Principal Shri Mata Vaishno Devi College of Nursing Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Kakryal, Katra
Online published on 2 November, 2018.
Research suggests that there are certain geographical areas where sizably voluminous populations are consistently exposed to immensely large-scale traumatic events such as wars, organized violence, terrorism, and natural disasters. Consequently the overall exposure to trauma worldwide may exceed rates antecedent as per the reports and data.[3]
A systematic search was conducted with PRISMA guidelines. The search was completed by examining peer reviewed literature databases using PubMed, Research gate, Medline and identified potential studies for inclusion.
A number of reports on psychological consequences were included in the review. Multiple disaster and traumatic studies were included in the review. The search identified 190 initial matches which were screened by inclusion and exclusion criteria. ten full text studies in this narrative review confirm that traumatic events have a strong psychological effect on the victims.
The studies suggested that there is a high prevalence of PTSD after a terrorist attack or any disaster which emphasizes the need for improved health services to address the intermediate and long-term consequences of traumatic events. Besides that, the highest prevalence was found among survivors and first responders.[3]
Traumatic events, disaster, psychological consequences, victims/survivors
