Long-term effectiveness of rehabilitation services delivery for Wenchuan earthquake survivors with impairments over a 4-year period: a prospective cohort study

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine long-term effectiveness of rehabilitation services on physical function, pain severity and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in earthquake survivors over a 4-year period.

Design

Prospective cohort study with early and late intervention and geographical control group.

Setting

Three counties of Sichuan Province, China.

Participants

591 survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake were followed-up over a 4-year period ranging from 2008 to 2012.

Interventions

In Mianzhu county, a comprehensive hospital-based and community-based rehabilitation programme was implemented in September 2008; in Anxian county, the same programme was implemented 1 year later; in Shifang county, the programme was not implemented and survivors from this

SUBMITTER: Reinhardt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362798 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature