Post-traumatic stress disorder among military personnel admitted at the Northwest Command Level Three Military Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2022
An institution-based cross-sectional study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15523391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Assasahegn Tedla (Debre Tabor University, corresponding author), Sintayehu Asnakew (0000-0002-1241-4468, Debre Tabor University), Getasew Legas (0000-0002-1230-3952, Debre Tabor University), Birhanu Mengist Munie (Debre Tabor University), Minale Tareke (0000-0003-0218-1039, Bahir Dar University), Micheal Beka (Bahir Dar University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages | 1410630-1410630 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1410630 |
| PMID | 39359858 |
| OpenAlex | W4402576862 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 65 |
PTSD is markedly prevalent among the Ethiopian military population, with key risk factors identified as being female, poor social support, low resilience coping skills, handling dead bodies, multiple deployments (four or more), high combat experiences, and depression. Healthcare professionals must prioritize the early diagnosis and intervention of PTSD in vulnerable groups of military personnel
Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Logistic regression · Mental health · Military personnel · Odds ratio · Psychiatry · Demography · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Resilience and Mental Health · Internal Medicine
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |