title: [Post-traumatic stress disorder. After the flood in Saguenay].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and emotional distress among victims of the Saguenay flood compared with those who were not affected by the flood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study using a telephone survey of victims and a control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chicoutimi, Que.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-two adults in a flooded area and a control group of 79 volunteers chosen randomly from an adjacent area.
  
  
  METHODS
  Diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder measured using the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index and high scores on the Self-Reporting Questionnaire on emotional distress.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Socially and demographically, study group and control group were comparable. Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in the study group was close to 20% (odds ratio [OR] 6.08; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.63 to 22.64). Prevalence of emotional distress in the study group was 29% (OR 2.42; 95% CI 1.04 to 5.61).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Saguenay flood caused psychological distress that was measurable 4 months later. Health care professionals should be aware of the psychological effects of natural disasters.
authors.affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Latour
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trudel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fortin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009790:Occupations; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D011792:Quebec; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology