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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Health-Related Rehabilitation after the 2008 Great Wenchuan Earthquake in China: A Ten Year Retrospective Systematic Review.

Joseph Kimuli Balikuddembe, Xinglin Zeng, Chuandong Chen

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joseph Kimuli BalikuddembeInstitute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University and Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu 610000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2994-2566
Xinglin ZengRehabilitation Department, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China.
Chuandong ChenInstitute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University and Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu 610000, China.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKSichuan University · CN

Funding

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research CBA2019-04MY-BALIKUDDEMBE
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Being one of the world's seismically hazard-prone countries, the People's Republic of China (PRC) witnessed an 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12th 2008-which was reported as one of the most destructive disasters since its founding. Following this earthquake, rehabilitation was greatly required for survivors to enable them to achieve and maintain optimal independence; functioning; full physical, mental and social ability; inclusion; and participation in all aspects of life and environments. We conducted a systematic review based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to retrospectively identify, in five English databases/sources, the existing evidence about the Health-Related Rehabilitation (HRR) that was rendered to the survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake between 2008 and 2018. Only 11 studies out of 828 initial studies retrieved were included in our study and reported the survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake to have been aged between 10.5 and 55.7, and predominantly diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorders. Their HRR was mainly premised on physical and physiological therapies, as well as traditional Chinese medicine and digital technologies. Although all HRR interventions used were reported to be effective, none was identified as much more effective than the others in the post-earthquake era -which calls for more robust research to build upon our systematic review.

Indexed as

EarthquakesAdolescentAdultChildChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSocial SupportStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticYoung AdultChinaearthquakehealth-related rehabilitationSichuansystematic reviewWenchuan

Identifiers

PMID32235359
PMCPMC7177972
OpenAlexW3013443535

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