Authors:
Siswanto Agung Wijaya
1
;
Mei Dia
2
and
Pramudana Ihsan
3
Affiliations:
1
Department of disaster management, Universitas Airlangga and Surabaya, Indonesia
;
2
School of Nursing, Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya and Surabaya, Indonesia
;
3
Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya and Surabaya, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Landslide, Natural disaster, Post-traumatic stress disorder, signs and symptoms.
Abstract:
Landslide is one of the natural disasters. In April 2017 Landslide happened in Ponorogo District, East java, Indonesia. The number of victims which affected this natural disaster was 145 people. One of the impact of natural disasters to the communities are psychological disturbance. Prolonged psychological trauma as an effect from a catastrophic event called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mal-adaptive reaction which is similar to traumatic. This study aims to identify PTSD events and identify the signs and symptoms of PTSD after landslide in Banaran Village, Ponorogo District. Descriptive quantitative research design was used in this study. 50 of 57 victims of landslide in Tangkil Village, Banaran, Ponorogo, were participated in this study. Purposive sampling was applied to obtain a research sample. The Civillion questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results of this study indicates that 50% of the landslide
victims experience with PTSD. Further, the dominant signs and symptoms of PTSD in landslide victims suffer from fear feeling. Post-disaster PTSD incidents after natural disaster are incidents that cannot be avoided but can be mitigated. The readiness of Health Care Workers and Health Care Volunteers in providing activities such as counselling.
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