title: Anxiety symptoms among children after the Wenchuan earthquake in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We explore the prevalence and risk factors of anxiety symptoms among child survivors after an earthquake.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted among children aged 7-15 years in Qingchuan County 1 year after the Wenchuan earthquake. Trauma experiences and anxiety symptoms were assessed with a modified earthquake exposure scale and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. A total of 21,652 children participated in the survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence rate of anxiety symptoms was 18.9% among all participants. In a multivariate analysis, anxiety symptoms were significantly associated with gender, age, cultural differences and earthquake exposure. Anxiety symptoms were common among children in the Wenchuan earthquake area 1 year after the earthquake. Gender, age, culture and traumatic experiences from the earthquake may significantly influence anxiety symptoms among children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides baseline data about psychological outcomes among child survivors following an earthquake.
authors.affiliation: West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Jiajun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yanchun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data