Coastal exposure and residents' mental health in the affected areas by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

ABSTRACT: No previous study has ever explored the association between coastal exposure and the mental health of residents in a post-disaster context. Therefore, we aimed to confirm whether there was an association between sea visibility and coastal proximity and the mental health of coastal residents a devastating tsunami. We targeted 15 coastal municipalities located in the Miyagi Prefecture, and obtained data from a community-based cohort study. The baseline survey was initiated 2 years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the secondary survey was initiated 6 years after the disaster. We applied multilevel mixed-effects models to the longitudinal data. Our outcome measure was the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) score. We assessed the data collected from 2,327 respon

SUBMITTER: Tashiro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8373874 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature