Effects of the medical investigation Bijlmermeer aviation disaster on health perception of residents and rescue workers

Chapter 2 Offering a medical examination following disaster exposure 19 does not result in long-lasting reassurance about

The first aim of the present study was to investigate whether participation in an indi- vidual medical examination or a trauma-focused epidemiological study will reduce

The present study is a prospective longitudinal study in both residents and rescue workers assessed at three time points: during the medical examination (baseline), 6 weeks later

In addition, it allowed us to expand previous knowledge by (a) using a prospective design to study possible longer last- ing effects of research participation on psychological

Hence, after communication of the first results of the epi- demiological study among rescue workers, especially dissatisfaction about the exe- cution of the study and belief in

Results The multivariate prediction of the short- and long-term follow-up change scores indicated that higher levels of perception of health problems at both measurements were

The present study investigated differences in changes in perception of current health status between participants of a western or non-western ethnicity in a longitudinal

The first aim of the present study was to investigate whether participation in the individual medical examination or the epidemiological study reduced persistent anx- iety about