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| Acute stress disorder in older, middle-aged and younger adults in reaction to the second Lebanon war | | Author(s) | Miri Cohen |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 34-40 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Stress ; War ; Lebanon ; Age groups [elderly] ; Middle aged ; Young people ; Cross sectional surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The rate of acute stress disorder (ASD) and intensity of acute stress symptoms (ASS) were compared in younger, middle-aged and older Israelis exposed to missile attacks during the second Lebanon war. Telephone surveys were conducted with a random sample during the third week of war in July 2006. respondents were divided into age groups aged 18-40, 40-69, and 70+. ASD and ASS were measured by the Acute Stress Interview questionnaire and by war-related exposure variables and demographic data. Exposure variables were similar for the three age groups. Older respondents reported lower intensity of ASS and obtained lower means for each of the symptoms criteria than the younger adults, while the middle-aged adults were in between the younger and older groups. ASD criteria were met by 13.2% of the younger, 4.7% of the middle aged and 4.3% of the older respondents; and subsyndromal ASD was found in 20.5%, 14.1% and 4.4% respectively. 22% of ASS variance was experienced by younger age, female gender and higher perceived proximity to missile falling. Older people reacted to the war situation with lower levels of acute stress symptoms. Long term effects of war on different age groups should be further studied. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080212210 A |
| Classmark | QNH: VMC: 7GT: BB: SE: SB: 3KB: 7H6 |
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