Do Adverse Childhood Experiences Modify the Association Between Disaster-Related Trauma and Cognitive Disability?

ABSTRACT: Identifying subpopulations that are particularly vulnerable to long-term adverse health consequences of disaster-related trauma is needed. We examined whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) potentiate the association between disaster-related trauma and subsequent cognitive disability among older adult disaster survivors. Data were from a prospective cohort study of older adults who survived the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The baseline survey pre-dated the disaster by 7 months. We included participants who completed follow-up surveys (2013 and 2016) and did not have a cognitive disability before the disaster (n = 602). Disaster-related traumas (i.e., home loss, loss of friends or pets) and ACEs were retrospectively assessed in 2013. Cognitive disability levels in 2016 were objec

SUBMITTER: Okuzono SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773476 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature