Probable PTSD was common among adult survivors of the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes
Questionnaires indicated widespread post-traumatic stress symptoms. Depression and anxiety were also reported, but the available studies did not support pooled estimates for those outcomes.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The review found a substantial burden of probable PTSD among adult earthquake survivors, alongside depression and anxiety symptoms. These estimates describe screening results in the included samples, rather than confirmed diagnoses for every participant. They also do not show that the earthquakes caused each reported symptom or establish which support programs would help.
Depression and anxiety results were too limited and varied to pool. The abstract does not establish whether persistent symptom burden reflects repeated measurements of the same people or different samples over time.
What researchers found
Pooled prevalence of probable PTSD
Among adult survivors during the first 18 months after the earthquakes; a screening-based estimate with no unexposed comparison reported.
What was pooled
Researchers combined prevalence estimates for probable PTSD from studies using validated Turkish-language questionnaires. Depression and anxiety were summarized separately because the available data were limited and differed too much for a pooled estimate.
Associations need context
Loss, displacement, reduced social support, and other hardships were associated with mental health difficulties. These observations do not isolate cause and effect, and the reported link between resilience and lower distress was inconsistent across studies.
The original publication
Psychological impact of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of PTSD, depression, and anxiety among Turkish adults.
Çınaroğlu M, Yılmazer E, Noyan Ahlatcıoğlu E et al.
Front Public Health · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40933413
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