Post-flood social support networks and morbidity in Jôsô City, Japan

Measuring mental health burden in humanitarian settings: a critical review of assessment tools

“…• Helpful for initiating treatment programs [118] • Symptom assessment and comparison of a large number of people [119] • Useful in time-limited situations [120] • Useful for in-person surveys with low literacy populations [121] • Not be totally reliable, may overestimate prevalence [118,119,173,174] • Not formally validated in Nepalese population [138] • Relies on DSM-IV criteria [152] • No validity or reliability for Turkish, French, Tamil, Sinhalese version [153][154][155] • Might not be culturally sensitive [156] • Low-range scores may be misdiagnosed [157] • May underestimate prevalence [158] • Lack of a cutoff recommendation [150,159,173] • Flood-affected adults in Tamil Nadu [118] • Survivors of the 2013 North India floods [121] • Swedish survivors of the 1994 MS Estonia disaster [122] • People affected by Hurricane Sandy [123] • Adult survivors, pregnant survivors of Wenchuan earthquake [124,125,133,142] • General population, students, low-income parents who survived Hurricane Katrina [126,128,130,141,143] • Survivors of mudslide and Wenchuan earthquake [127] • Rescue workers of Great East Japan Earthquake [129] • Survivors of 2000 Miyake Island volcanic eruption [131] • Survivors of 2010 Canterbury, New Zealand earthquakes [137] • Those who experienced 2014 flood in Malaysia [140] • Treatment-seeking individuals who experien...…”

“…Haiti earthquake [152] • Rescue workers in 1999 Marmara, Turkey earthquake [153] • Survivors of 2001 factory explosion in Toulouse, France [154] • Swedish, Norwegian tourists, Sri Lankan survivors who experienced the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami [119,120,135,136,155] • Responders to the 2005 Northern Pakistan earthquake [156] • Adults, psychiatric patients, cardiovascular patients, Japanese adolescents, junior high students, and Qiang women who survived the Great East Japan Earthquake [132,134,139,146,157,173,174] • Joso City residents who experienced 2015 Tokyo flooding [158] • Tamil Nadu, India survivors of 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami [151] • Survivors of the 2010 Mount Merapi volcano eruption [159] Language(s):…”

Social Support among Elderly in Institutions: Towards Healthy Aging (Sokongan Sosial dalam Kalangan Warga Emas di Institusi: Ke Arah Penuaan Sihat)

“…Additionally, researchers have reported that there are an increase number of morbidity and mortality cases among the elderly women who have lack of social support (Le Lebowitz et al, 2019). In contrast, elderly adults who received adequate social support from spouse, family, or friends are found to be healthier than those who received lower social support (Khami et al, 2020;Choi & Wodarski, 1996;Yang et al, 2019).…”

How Does Reciprocal Exchange of Social Support Alleviate Individuals’ Depression in an Earthquake-Damaged Community?

“…A few studies have been conducted that focus particularly on depression and social support following disasters [1,19,[30][31][32][33][34][35]. Empirical research reveals mixed findings regarding the impact of giving and receiving social support on depression.…”

“…Regarding the impacts of receiving social support, some studies have found that receiving emotional support and informational support can alleviate depressive symptoms of survivors following natural disasters [30,31]. Others have found that receiving emotional support can reduce the risk of developing depressive symptoms after an earthquake [1,32]. Watanabe et al [33] found that receiving social support from neighbors reduced depressive symptoms among displaced older survivors following 1999 Taiwan earthquake.…”