Short-term Mental Health Changes Seen in Mothers and Play-age Children after the 2023 Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes

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Tezol Ö., YALÇIN S. S., Güneş B., Almiş H., BARUTÇU ., Erat Nergiz M., ...Daha Fazla

Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, cilt.20, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/dmp.2026.10404
  • Dergi Adı: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Earthquake, mental health, play-age children
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the mental health of play-age children affected by the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquakes and their mothers, using single-item scales. METHODS: Four hundred earthquake survivor mother-child dyads were included. The mental health of mothers and children was assessed using single-item screening tools, the Self-Reported Mother Mental Health (SRMH) and the Mother-Reported Child Mental Health (MRCMH). RESULTS: The prevalence of negative mental health increased from 10% to 52% in play-age children and from 13% to 70% in their mothers after the earthquakes. For post-earthquake negative SRMH, associated factors included limited access to safe water (AOR = 2.52, 95% CI: 1.10-5.75, P = 0.029), good perception of security services (AOR = 0.30, 95% CI: 0.12-0.73, P = 0.008), and post-earthquake negative MRCMH (AOR = 8.65, 95% CI: 4.70-15.91, P < 0.001). For post-earthquake negative MRCMH, associated factors were out-of-house sheltering (AOR = 3.13, 95% CI: 1.72-5.69, P < 0.001), good perception of nutritional services (AOR = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.22-0.96, P = 0.039), pre-earthquake negative MRCMH (AOR = 4.68, 95% CI: 1.87-11.73, P = 0.001), and post-earthquake negative SRMH (AOR = 11.35, 95% CI: 5.92-21.76, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Post-earthquake mental health outcomes were most consistently predicted by limited basic resources (water and nutrition services), not good service quality, and pre-existing or co-occurring negative mental health.