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The Long-Term Impact of Physical and Emotional Trauma: The Station Nightclub Fire

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  • Jeffrey C Schneider
  • Nhi-Ha T Trinh
  • Elizabeth Selleck
  • Felipe Fregni
  • Sara S Salles
  • Colleen M Ryan
  • Joel Stein

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Background: Survivors of physical and emotional trauma experience enduring occupational, psychological and quality of life impairments. Examining survivors from a large fire provides a unique opportunity to distinguish the impact of physical and emotional trauma on long-term outcomes. The objective is to detail the multi-dimensional long-term effects of a large fire on its survivor population and assess differences in outcomes between survivors with and without physical injury. Methods and Findings: This is a survey-based cross-sectional study of survivors of The Station fire on February 20, 2003. The relationships between functional outcomes and physical injury were evaluated with multivariate regression models adjusted for pre-injury characteristics and post-injury outcomes. Outcome measures include quality of life (Burn Specific Health Scale–Brief), employment (time off work), post-traumatic stress symptoms (Impact of Event Scale–Revised) and depression symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory). 104 fire survivors completed the survey; 47% experienced a burn injury. There was a 42% to 72% response rate range. Although depression and quality of life were associated with burn injury in univariate analyses (p

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  • Jeffrey C Schneider & Nhi-Ha T Trinh & Elizabeth Selleck & Felipe Fregni & Sara S Salles & Colleen M Ryan & Joel Stein, 2012. "The Long-Term Impact of Physical and Emotional Trauma: The Station Nightclub Fire," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(10), pages 1-9, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0047339
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047339
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    1. Maqsood Aslam & Etienne Farvaque & Franck Malan, 2021. "A disaster always rings twice: Early life experiences and central bankers' reactions to natural disasters," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(3), pages 301-320, August.
    2. Stock, Eduardo Velasco & da Silva, Roberto, 2023. "Lattice gas model to describe a nightclub dynamics," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
    3. Nhi-Ha T Trinh & Deborah L Nadler & Vivian Shie & Felipe Fregni & Stephen E Gilman & Colleen M Ryan & Jeffrey C Schneider, 2014. "Psychological Sequelae of the Station Nightclub Fire: Comparing Survivors with and without Physical Injuries Using a Mixed-Methods Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(12), pages 1-16, December.

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