Publications by authors named "Ediricardo Rodriguez Ortiz"
Post-Hurricane Distress Scale (PHDS): A Novel Tool for First Responders and Disaster Researchers.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
February 2019
Objective: The aim of this study was the construction and validation of a novel research instrument to quantify the degree of post-hurricane trauma and distress in an affected population. The Post-Hurricane Distress Scale (PHDS) has quantitative measures of both acute and prolonged distress, attributable to meteorological and hydrological disasters.
Methods: A careful evaluation of existing questionnaires, as well as extensive canvasing of the post-Maria population of Puerto Rico, availed the construction of the PHDS.