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Psychological well-being and risk perceptions of mothers in Kyiv, Ukraine, 19 years after the Chornobyl disaster (English)

Author: Adams RE, Guey LT, Gluzman SF, Bromet EJ.

Reference: Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2011

Keywords: long-term mental health consequences, psychological well-being, exposed women, PTSD, MDE

Abstract: The Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion in April 1986 was one of the worst ecological disasters of the 20th century. As with most disasters, its long-term mental health consequences have not been examined.

Aims: This study describes the psychological well-being and risk perceptions of exposed women 19–20 years later and the risk factors associated with mental health.

Methods: We assessed Chornobyl-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive episode (MDE) and overall distress among three groups of women in Kyiv, Ukraine (N = 797): mothers of small children evacuated to Kyiv in 1986 from the contaminated area near the plant (evacuees); mothers of their children’s classmates (neighbourhood controls); and population-based controls from Kyiv. Risk perceptions and epidemiologic correlates were also obtained.

Results: Evacuees reported poorer well-being and more negative risk perceptions than controls. Group differences in psychological well-being remained after adjustment for epidemiologic risk factors but became non-significant when Chornobyl risk perceptions were added to the models.

Conclusions: The relatively poorer psychological well-being among evacuees is largely explained by their continued concerns about the physical health risks stemming from the accident. We suggest that this is due to the long-term, non-resolvable nature of health fears associated with exposure.

URL: http://isp.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/08/02/0020764011415204.abstract

Risk factors for long-term mental and psychosomatic distress in Latvian Chernobyl liquidators

Title: Risk factors for long-term mental and psychosomatic distress in Latvian Chernobyl liquidators

Author: J F Viel, E Curbakova, B Dzerve, M Eglite, T Zvagule, and C Vincent

Reference: Environ Health Perspect. 1997 December; 105(Suppl 6): 1539–1544.

Keywords: Risk factors, mental distress, psychosomatic disorders,  Latvia, liquidators

Abstract: Epidemiologic studies on the health effects of the Chernobyl disaster have focused largely on physical health, whereas the psychological consequences have received little attention. The authors have assessed the associations of various exposure variables with mental and psychosomatic distress in a sample of 1412 Latvian liquidators drawn from the State Latvian Chernobyl Clean-up Workers Registry.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1469928/

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