title: [Post-traumatic stress disorder in schoolchildren after the 2011 earthquake in Lorca (Spain)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children after the 2011 earthquake in Lorca (Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  By using a cross-sequential design, children aged from 8 to 12 years (495 students at 1 month and 374 at 1 year) were assessed for full and partial PTSD using the Post-traumatic Children's Symptoms Stress Disorder Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of children with PTSD was 55.4% (65.6% of girls and 46.9% of boys) at 1 month and 40.1% (44.5% girls and 35.9% children) at 1 year. One in two young girls (8-10 years) had PTSD 1 year after the earthquake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A differential effect was observed due to gender and age, in which younger children, especially girls, were particularly at risk, even 1 year after the earthquake.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Básica y Metodología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España. Electronic address: jjlopga@um.es.
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: López-García
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológico, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: López-Soler
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Children; Diferencias de sexo; Earthquakes; Menores; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Sex differences; Terremotos; Trastorno de estrés postraumático