Short-Term Public Health Impact of the July 22, 2011, Terrorist Attacks in Norway: A Nationwide Register-Based Study  

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Strand, Linn Beate ; Mukamal, Kenneth J. ; Halasz, Jozsef ; Vatten, Lars J. ; Janszky, Imre

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine vol. 78 no. 05 (Jun. 2016), page 525-531.
Topik: Epidemology; Public Health; Stress; Birth Outcomes; Schizophrenia; Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: P01.K Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Objectives: To examine increases in several health outcomes after the July 22, 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway. Methods: Retrospective analysis of nationwide registers (n = 4,953,000) where incidences of schizophrenia/psychosis hospitalizations, suicides, acute myocardial infarctions, and preterm births after the terrorist attacks were compared with corresponding periods the previous 3 years. Results: Compared with the same period the preceding 3 years, the observed number of hospitalizations from schizophrenia/psychosis was 14% higher during the first 4 weeks after the terrorist attack (incidence ratio [IR] = 1.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07–1.21). The corresponding IRs for the first 3 days and the first week were 1.26 (95% CI = 0.99–1.58) and 1.10 (95% CI = 0.96–1.24). The observed number of suicides was increased by 45% the first 4 weeks (IR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.12–1.86), 163% the first 3 days (IR = 2.63, 95% CI = 1.15–5.20), and 105% the first week (IR = 2.05, 95% CI = 1.14–3.42). For acute myocardial infarction, there was an increase of 5% the first 4 weeks. There were also more births the 4 weeks (IR = 1.04, 95% CI = 1.01–1.07, but this increase was not seen in preterm births of less than 37 weeks of gestation (IR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.83–1.04). Conclusions: We observed a general nationwide increase of health outcomes investigated in this study the first 4 weeks after the terrorist attacks. These results may contribute to the growing body of evidence on the adverse health outcomes that may accompany national stressors.

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