Objective To investigate the changes in terms of knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and mental status in hospital outpatients after the Wenchuan earthquake so as to provide more convenient and efficient outpatient services for patients from the disaster areas. Method A self- designed questionnaire was used to survey the outpatients in West China Hospital. Data analysis was performed with SPSS 13.0 software. Result The duration of earthquake feeling was correlated with age, gender, family address, disaster experience, and casualties of relatives and friends. Sleep quality after the earthquake was also significantly correlated with age, gender, family address, disaster experience, casualties of relatives and friends, and the duration of eartqhauke feeling. Seeking medical treatment after the earthquake was associated with the availability of medical insurance. Knowledge about post-quake epidemics was correlated with the responders’ educational background. Conclusion Stress response is related to age and disaster experience. Many factors may effect the development, extent, and duration of people’s stress response. People became more aware of risk after the quake and had a b demand for post-disaster psychological counseling.
