Individual and environmental risk factors for post-traumatic stress among hospital nurses after the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Although post-earthquake psychological distress arises from a complex interplay of personal vulnerabilities and environmental stressors, the pathways by which these factors interact remain underexplored. We surveyed 327 hospital nurses in Nanao City, Japan, approximately eight months after the magnitude-7.5 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake; 224 complete responses were analyzed. Participants completed the Impact of Event Scale-Revised and a bespoke questionnaire assessing age, location during the earthquake, seven binary stress factors (home damage, relocation, community damage, change in co-residents, decline in family health, economic damage, earthquake-related sounds), and avoidant/emotion-focused coping. Analyses for each factor identified significant associations between IES-R scores and

SUBMITTER: Furutani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12415647 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature