Psychological Distress and Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya Symptoms Following the 2016 Earthquake in Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador

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ID15460815
AuthorsAnna M Stewart‐Ibarra (0000-0002-3383-4672, Center for Global Health, corresponding author), Anita S Hargrave (0000-0002-9717-5282, University of California, San Francisco), Anita Hargrave (University of California, San Francisco), Avriel Díaz (0000-0002-3108-7140, Columbia University), Aileen Kenneson (0000-0002-5205-5121, SUNY Upstate Medical University), David Madden (0000-0003-0953-364X, Walking Palms Global Initiative, Bahía de Caráquez 131401, Manabí Province, Ecuador), Moory Romero (SUNY Upstate Medical University), Moory M Romero (SUNY Upstate Medical University), Juan Pablo Molina (Ministry of Health, San Vicente 131458, Manabí Province, Ecuador), David Macias Saltos (Ministry of Health, San Vicente 131458, Manabí Province, Ecuador)
Year2017
Volume14
Issue12
Pages1516-1516
Publication date2017-12-05
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph14121516
PMID29206195
OpenAlexW2775744673
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited50

On 16 April 2016, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck coastal Ecuador, resulting in significant mortality and morbidity, damages to infrastructure, and psychological trauma. This event coincided with the first outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) and co-circulation with dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV). We tested whether the degree of psychological distress was associated with the presence of suspected DENV, CHIKV, ZIKV (DCZ) infections three months after the earthquake. In July 2016, 601 household members from four communities in Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí Province, Ecuador, were surveyed in a post-disaster health evaluation. Information was collected on demographics, physical damages and injuries, chronic diseases, self-reported psychological distress, and DCZ symptoms. We calculated the prevalence of arbovirus and distress symptoms by community. ANOVA was used to compare the mean number of psychological distress symptoms between people with versus without suspected DCZ infections by age, gender, community and the need to sleep outside of the home due to damages. The prevalence of suspected DCZ infections was 9.7% and the prevalence of psychological distress was 58.1%. The average number of psychological distress symptoms was significantly higher among people with suspected DCZ infections in the periurban community of Bella Vista, in women, in adults 40-64 years of age and in individuals not sleeping at home ( p < 0.05). The results of this study highlight the need to investigate the interactions between psychological distress and arboviral infections following natural disasters

Arbovirus · Chikungunya · Dengue fever · Dengue virus · Distress · Environmental health · Outbreak · Psychiatry · Virus · Zika virus · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Pediatrics · Virology

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