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TITLE:
Health-Related Quality of Life of Experts Who Worked in Air Disasters in São Paulo, Brazil
AUTHORS:
Victor Alexandre Percinio Gianvecchio, Daniel Romero Muñoz, Carmen Lucia Penteado Lancellotti
KEYWORDS:
Accidents, Aviation, Disasters, Medical Examiners, Quality of Life, Victims Identification
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science,
Vol.8 No.5,
May
8,
2018
ABSTRACT: Aim: To evaluate the influence of identifying victims of
air disasters in São Paulo on experts’ quality of life (QoL). Methods: QoL was evaluated using the abbreviated
version of the World Health Organization (WHO) quality of life questionnaire
(WHOQOL-bref). We assessed 29 forensic experts who worked in air disasters in
São Paulo and 29 experts who have not worked. The results were analyzed with
Student’s t-tests; we compared the
QoL scores of individuals at the time of the accident with their current QoL
scores, and the scores of the control group were compared with the current
scores of the disaster group. Results: Statistical analyses revealed a significant decrease in forensic
expert QoL when they worked at the accident site, and this result was evident
in all WHOQOL-bref domains. No significant difference was observed between the
experts’ current QoL scores and those of the control group. Conclusions: The identification of air disaster victims in the city of São
Paulo significantly decreased expert health-related QoL (HRQoL) with regard to
physical and psychological aspects, social relationships and environment
domains. This disturbance on the QoL was not persistent over the years.
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