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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2022

Assessing short-term and long-term mental health effects among older adults after Hurricane Sandy.

Thoin F Begum, Ziqiang Lin, Mike Primeau, Shao Lin

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thoin F BegumDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, United States.
Ziqiang LinDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, United States; Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
Mike PrimeauOffice of Health Emergency Preparedness, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States.
Shao LinDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, United States; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, United States. Electronic address: slin@albany.edu.
University at Albany, State University of New York · USNew York State Department of Health · US

Funding

Weather extremes, natural disasters, and health outcomes among vulnerable older adults: New improvements on exposure assessment, disparity identification, and risk communication strategiesR01AG070949 · NIA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI LIN, SHAO · 2022 to 2025
$1.6M
Assess and Model the Health Effects, Population, and Infrastructural Vulnerabilities of Power OutageR15ES028000 · NIEHS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI LIN, SHAO · 2018 to 2018
$444k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG070949NIEHS NIH HHS R15 ES028000OPHPR CDC HHS U01 TP000566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew studies have evaluated the long-term effects of disasters on older adults. We examined if older individuals experienced increased mental health (MH) effects immediately and long-term after Hurricane Sandy and if these effects varied by socioeconomic status (SES), disease subtypes, number of comorbidities, and length of stay.

methodsWe identified older patients (≥64 years) with hospital admissions and Emergency Department (ED) visits (2001-2015) with primary diagnosis of MH diseases using the New York State discharged data. We quantified both short-term (immediately post-Sandy) and long-term effects (3-month, 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year) following Hurricane Sandy, and used the pre-Sandy period in the affected counties as the control period. Poisson regression was used to compare daily counts of MH cases overall and by multiple strata pre-/post Sandy.

findingsOlder individuals had significantly increased risk of MH ED visits immediately (32%), and 3-months, 1, 2, and 3-years after Sandy (2%, 9%, 15%, and 10%, respectively). MH hospital admissions did not increase immediately, but significantly increased by 8% a year later. Males and those with low SES had delayed, but increased risks of MH 1-3 years after Sandy (RRs range: 1.14-1.71). The top MH subtypes after Sandy were psychosis, mood disorders, substance abuse, suicide, and anxiety (RRs range: 1.12-2.62). After Sandy, patients with ≥8 comorbidities increased from 15% to >25%, along with their length of hospital stay.

conclusionWe found long-term adverse effects of MH after Sandy, especially among vulnerable populations, which may help plan future disaster preparedness and recovery efforts.

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Cyclonic StormsDisastersAgedEmergency Service, HospitalHumansMaleMental HealthSandSandComorbiditiesHospital length of stayHurricanesMental healthOlder populationShort-/long-term effectsVulnerable population

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