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| Title: | Participant Reactions to Survey Research in the General Population After Terrorist Attacks |
| Authors: | Galea, Sandro
Nandi, Arijit K.
Stuber, Jennifer
Gold, Joel
Acierno, Ron
Best, Connie L.
Bucuvalas, Michael J.
Rudenstine, Sasha
Boscarino, Joseph A.
Resnick, Heidi S |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Abstract: | There remains concern that survey research after a disaster can precipitate or exacerbate distress
among study participants. The authors surveyed 5,774 persons in three random-digit-dial telephone
surveys of the general population of New York City conducted 1–2 months, 4–5 months, and 6–9
months after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Overall, 746 (12.9%) people who finished
the surveys said that the survey questions were upsetting but only 57 (1.0% overall) were
still upset at the end of the interview, and 19 (0.3%) wanted assistance from a counselor. Ten persons
who did not finish the survey also received counselor assistance. Persons with mental health
symptoms were more likely to find the survey questions emotionally upsetting as were participants
who lacked salutary resources, including health insurance and a regular health care provider. Although
relatively few of those interviewed found the survey assessment disturbing, the presence
of a small number of respondents who wanted mental health assistance suggests the need for a
mental health backup system for research conducted soon after exposure to large-scale traumatic
events. |
| Appears in Collections: | Public Health, School of (SPH)
Epidemiology, Department of (SPH)
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
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