Table 1 Earthquake check list L’Aquila, ECLA frequency of trauma events witnessed or experienced by the earthquake by the subjects included (no=91)

1. Direct experience of the earthquake (%)

100

2. Having been trapped/injured under rubble during the earthquake and in need to seek help to an emergency ward (%)

7.7

3. Death of relative (%)

8.8

4. During the earthquake feeling like “going” to die (%)

58.2

5. Persistent fear for aftershocks

65.9

6. Damaged property (%)

35.2

7. Accommodation after the earthquake (%)

Displaced from home

49.5

-Camp tents in the town

34.1

-Individual tent - camper van

13.2

-House of friends

2.2

-Hotel at the Adriatic seaside

7.7

Not displaced

50.5

-Home

8.8

-Come back home (not resident in L’Aquila)

28.6

8. Distress for lack of privacy (%)

29.7

9. Lack of neighbor - friends in the new accommodation (%)

35.2

10. Job loss in the town (%)

39.6