Survey of Psychiatric Disorders and Quality of Life among Kaohsiung Gas Explosion Victims 12 Months after the Event

Frank Huang-Chih Chou^1,2*, Joh-Jong Huang³, Tsyr-En Grace Wu⁴, Ju-Yu Chiu¹, Yi-Chen Chen¹, Guijing Lin^1,5, Chao-Yueh Su⁶ and Pesus Chou⁷

¹Department of Nursing, Meiho University, Ping-Tong County, Taiwan

²Department of Community Psychiatry, Municipal Kaohsiung Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

³Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

⁴Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City, Taiwan

⁵Department of Nursing, Municipal Kaohsiung Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

⁶Department of Nursing, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

⁷Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan