Table 1.

Summary of included studies

Study, author/year	Study design	Country (HDI a)	Event	Year	Outcomes	N
Amstadter et al. 2009 [24]	Cohort	Vietnam (medium)	Storm, Typhoon Xangsane	2006	PTSD, MDD, GAD	797
Bich et al. 2011 [42]	Cross sectional	Vietnam (medium)	Flood	2008	Injury	871
Biswas et al. 2010 [43]	Cross sectional	Bangladesh (low)	Flood	2007	Injury	638 women
Caldera et al. 2001 [26]	Cross sectional	Nicaragua (medium)	Storm, Hurricane Mitch	1998	PTSD	496
Goenjian et al. 2001 [25]	Cross sectional	Nicaragua (medium)	Storm, Hurricane Mitch	1998	PTSD, Depression	158 students
Huang et al. 2010 [27]	Cross sectional	China (medium)	Flood	1998	PTSD	25,478
Kar et al. 2004 [33]	Cross sectional	India (medium)	Storm, super-cyclone	1999	PTSD, Anxiety, Depression	540
Kar & Bastia 2006 [34]	Cross sectional	India (medium)	Storm, super-cyclone	1999	PTSD, MDD, GAD	108 students
Kar et al. 2007 [30]	Cross sectional	India (medium)	Storm, super-cyclone	1999	PTSD	447 students
Kohn et al. 2005 [44]	Cross sectional	Honduras (medium)	Storm, Hurricane Mitch	1998	PTSD, Depression	800
Norris et al. 2006 [28]	Cross sectional	Mexico (high)	Flood due to storm	1999	PTSD	666
Patrick & Patrick 1981 [38]	Cross sectional	Sri Lanka (high)	Storm, cyclone	1978	Anxiety, Depression	171
Simeon et al. 1993 [37]	Cohort	Jamaica (high)	Storm, Hurricane Gilbert	1988	Injury	125 children
Sjöberg & Yearwood 2007 [45]	Cross sectional	Grenada (high)	Storm, Hurricane Ivan	2004	Injury	185
Sugimoto et al. 2011 [32]	Cohort	Bangladesh (low)	Storm, tornado	2005	Injury	35,225
Wu et al. 2011 [29]	Cross sectional	China (medium)	Storm, snowstorm	2008	PTSD	968 students
Xu et al. 2012 [31]	Cross sectional	China (medium)	Storm, snowstorm	2008	Injury	3169

PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder, MDD major depressive disorder, GAD general anxiety disorder

Explanation: ^a Human Development Index category