POST TRAUMAUTIC SYNDROM DISORDER (PTSD) PADA ANAK PASCA GEMPA: STUDI META-ANALYSIS

Abstract

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children After the Earthquake Disaster: Meta-analysis. This study aims to synthesize the results of PTSD research on post-earthquake children using the Meta-Analysis method. This study uses Meta Analysis of database sources which include: Science Direct, Pubmed and Google Schoolar directly by selecting articles published in 2012-2022. Keywords used include "Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder" or "PTSD", "Children" and "Earthquake". Inclusion criteria were full paper articles with cohort and cross sectional studies, English, Scopus indexed international journals Q1, Q2 and Q3, multivariate analysis with adjusted odds ratio. The results of the study were 11 articles included in the Meta Analysis. The findings of this study underline that injured children are the most significant factor causing PTSD in post-earthquake children, followed by female sex and child age. Earthquake disasters have an impact on the psychological condition of children with post-traumatic stress that leads to PTSD. Based on the research results, it is recommended that it is important to provide support and attention to children after an earthquake. Psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and psychologists must pay more attention to children who experience traumatic stress with special conditions of child age, injured children, and gender (female), so as to reduce the risk of PTSD.