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Istanbul'daki bombalama eylemlerinin ardindan degisik yas gruplannda olan ve farkli bölgelerde bulunan kisilerde olasi travma sonrasi stres bozuklugu (TSSB) ile travmatik stres belirtilerinin sikliginin saptanmasi ve bu belirtilerle demografik degiskenlerin iliskisinin arastmlmasi amaçlanmistir. Patlamalarin ardindan karakollara yaralanarak basvuran 107 kisi ve bölgede bulunan bir okuldaki ögrenci, ögretmen ve görevlilerden olusan 420 kisi çalismaya alinmistir. Katilanlar, Kocaeli - Kisa Travmatik Stres Olçegi ile degerlendirilmistir. Okul grubundaki ögrencilerde olasi TSSB sikligi % 5.9, ögretmen ve görevlilerde % 26.1'dir. Uyarilmislik belirtisi hariç TSSB'nin temel belirtileri ve yardim aima ihtiyaci okul grubundaki eriskinlerde ögrencilere göre daha fazla bildirilmistir. KIZ ögrencilerin % 11. 2 'sinde, erkeklerinse % 5.4'unde olasi TSSB saptanmistir. Yeniden yasantilama, kaçinma ve uyarilmislik belirtileri kiz ögrencilerde daha yogun bulunmustur. Karakol grubunda olasi TSSB orani % 29.9 'dur. Okul ve karakol grubundaki eriskinler karsilastinldiginda, TSSB belirtileri, olasi TSSB tanisi ve yardim aima ihtiyaci açismdan fark bulunmamistir. Ancak, egitim düzeyi düsük eriskinlerin olasi TSSB orani daha yüksektir. Terör olaylarindan sonra risk altindaki kisileri belirlemek, ruh sagligi hizmetlerini yaygmlastirmak ve topluma tasimak önemlidir.
Anahtar kelimeler: Terör, travma sonrasi stres bozuklugu, ergen ve eriskin ruh saghgi, travmatik olaya yakinlik
Abstract
To assess the prevelance of probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among different age groups in different residential areas and to investigate the relationship between the PTSD symptoms and the demographic characteristics after November 2003 Bombing Attacks in Istanbul. A hundred and seven injured participants who had applied to the local police stations and overall 420 subjects including the students, teachers and staff of a highschool quite near to the bombing area were participated to the study. All the participants were evaluated with Kocaeli - Brief Traumatic Stres Questionnaire. The prevelance of probable PTSD was 5.9 % in the students and 26.1 % in the adults of the school sample. PTSD was found in 11.2 % of female and 5.4 % of male students. Core symptoms of PTSD, except hyperarousal, and help seeking behaviour were reported higher in adults than the students. Probable PTSD was found in 29.9 % of police stations' appliers. PTSD symptoms, probable PTSD diagnosis and help seeking behaviour was not statistically different between adults in the school and adults applied to police stations. However, probable PTSD was higher in adults with lower education. After the terrorist...