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Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Child's IQ.
Tatsuta, Nozomi; Nakai, Kunihiko; Satoh, Hiroshi; Murata, Katsuyuki.
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  • Tatsuta N; Department of Development and Environmental Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
  • Nakai K; Department of Development and Environmental Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Electronic address: nakaik@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
  • Satoh H; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
  • Murata K; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita City, Japan.
J Pediatr ; 167(3): 745-51, 2015 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26168771
OBJECTIVE: To assess the neurodevelopmental effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake in resident children. STUDY DESIGN: The disaster on March 11, 2011, caused severe damage to the Sanriku coastal area, where we had been conducting a birth cohort study since 2003. It occurred in the middle of our 7-year-old examination. Approximately 500 mother-child pairs were compulsorily divided into 2 groups: 123 children finished the examination in the predisaster period, and 289 did in the postdisaster period. The remainder died or moved from that area. At the time of 7-year-old examination, we administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition and electrocardiography to assess autonomic function. According to the Child Behavior Checklist for ages 2-3 years and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children that had been administered at 30 months and 42 months of age, respectively, there were no significant differences in them between the 2 groups. RESULTS: Verbal IQ, including information, arithmetic, and vocabulary subscores of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition, at 7 years of age was significantly lower in the postdisaster group than in the predisaster group. However, there were no significant differences in performance IQ, full-scale IQ, or autonomic nervous indicators between the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS: Since many schools were utilized as primary refuges after the disaster, the deficits in verbal IQ of 7-year-old children may have been due to the interrupted schooling. Further follow-up and more specific posttraumatic stress disorder testing will be required to determine the cause and long-term implications.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Desastres / Terremotos / Inteligência Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Pediatr Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Japão País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Desastres / Terremotos / Inteligência Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Pediatr Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Japão País de publicação: Estados Unidos