ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Five Years after the Fort McMurray Wildfire: Prevalence and Correlates of Low Resilience.
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- The Mental Health Impacts of Wildfire Exposure: A Scoping Review of the Quantitative Evidence.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
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- Development of a questionnaire library for rapid health data acquisition during wildfire events.MethodsX · 2025Article
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- The effect of spatial variation on linkage to care and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C: A Canadian population-based study.Canadian liver journal · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of High Stress and Low Resilience among Teachers in Three Canadian Provinces.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Exploring the prevalence and predictors of low resilience and likely PTSD in residents of two provinces in Canada during the 2023 wildfires.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Predictors of individual mental health and psychological resilience after Australia's 2019-2020 bushfires.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Assessing Resilience and Its Correlates among Residents of Fort McMurray during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Evaluating Community Resilience and Associated Factors One Year after the Catastrophic Fort McMurray Flood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Fort McMurray wildfire of 3 May 2016 was one of the most devastating natural disasters in Canadian history. Although resilience plays a crucial role in the daily functioning of individuals by acting as a protective shield that lessens the impact of disasters on their mental well-being, to date little is known about the long-term impact of wildfires on resilience and associated predictors of low resilience.
objectivesThe objective of the study was to assess the prevalence and predictors of resilience among residents of Fort McMurray five years after the wildfires.
methodThis was a quantitative cross-sectional study. A self-administered online survey which included standardized rating scales for resilience (BRS), anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)(PCL-C) was used to determine the prevalence of resilience as well as its demographic, clinical, and wildfire-related predictors. The data were collected between 24 April and 2 June 2021 and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 using univariate analysis with a chi-squared test and binary logistic regression analysis.
resultsA total of 186 residents completed the survey out of 249 who accessed the online survey, producing a response rate of 74.7%. Most of the respondents were females (85.5%, 159), above 40 years of age (81.6%, 80), employed (94.1%, 175), and in a relationship (71%, 132). Two variables-having had PTSD symptoms (OR = 2.85; 95% CI: 1.06-7.63), and age-were significant predictors of low resilience in our study. The prevalence of low resilience in our sample was 37.4%.
conclusionsOur results suggest that age and the presence of PTSD symptoms were the independent significant risk factors associated with low resilience five years after the Fort McMurray wildfire disaster. Further research is needed to enhance understanding of the pathways to resilience post-disaster to identify the robust predictors and provide appropriate interventions to the most vulnerable individuals and communities.
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