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. 2022 Oct 22;19(21):13747. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192113747

Table 1.

Summary of the characteristics of included references.

Types of Study No. in References N % Total No. of Participants
Quantitative methods Survey [4,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34] 21 72.4 23,260
Secondary data analysis [35] 1 3.4 2000
Data analytic after interviews [36] 1 3.4 118
Qualitative methods Individual interview [37,38,39] 3 10.4 435
Mixed methods FGI and survey [40] 1 3.4 1561
Individual interview and Survey [41,42] 2 6.9 160
Characteristics of the Sample
Age Children [22,26,28,41] 4 13.8 614
Children and parents (or caregivers) [23,27,36] 3 10.4 2396
Adolescents [15,20,31,32,33,35,39] 7 24.1 6965
Adolescents and parents (or caregivers) [16,17,21,29,30,34,37] 7 24.1 11,515
Adults [4,18,24,25,40] 5 17.2 5782
General [19,38,39] 3 10.4 262
Location, year, and EF scale of Tornadoes
The U.S. Missouri and Alabama (2011) [15,16,17,18,20,21,23,24,25,28,29,30,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41] 20 69.2 22,922
Oklahoma (2001) [27] 1 3.4 198
Oklahoma (2006) [22,26] 2 6.9 204
Oklahoma (2013) [19,42] 2 6.9 181
Middle Tennessee (2020) [4] 1 3.4 221
Minnesota (1998) [31] 1 3.4 2000
Non-specific [40] 1 3.4 1561
Outside of the U.S. China (2016) [32] 1 3.4 247
EF scale EF5 [15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,29,30,33,34,35,36,38,41,42] 20 69.2 24,488
EF4 [4,28,31,32,37,39] 6 20.7 1235
EF3 [27] 1 3.4 198
Not specified [26,40] 2 6.9 1613