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Probable Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Kenya and Its Associated Risk Factors

A Cross-Sectional Household Survey

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ID15504953
AutoresRobin Jenkins (0000-0002-2958-0331, King's College London, autor de correspondencia), Rachel Jenkins (Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, de Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK), Caleb Othieno (0000-0002-3646-7708, Kenyatta National Hospital), Raymond Omollo (Kenya Medical Research Institute), Linnet Ongeri (0000-0003-2330-6144, Kenya Medical Research Institute), Peter Sifuna (0000-0001-5800-6382, Kenya Medical Research Institute), James Kingora Mboroki (Kenya Medical Training College), James Mboroki (Kenya Medical Training College, Nairobi P.O.Box 30195-00100, Kenya), David Kiima (Ministry of Health), Bernhards Ogutu (0000-0002-0992-5654, Kenya Medical Research Institute)
Año2015
Volumen12
Número10
Páginas13494-13509
Fecha de publicación2015-10-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph121013494
PMID26516877
OpenAlexW1841103635
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas42

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and its associated risk factors in a general household population in Kenya. Data were drawn from a cross-sectional household survey of mental disorders and their associated risk factors. The participants received a structured epidemiological assessment of common mental disorders, and symptoms of PTSD, accompanied by additional sections on socio-demographic data, life events, social networks, social supports, disability/activities of daily living, quality of life, use of health services, and service use. The study found that 48% had experienced a severe trauma, and an overall prevalence rate of 10.6% of probable PTSD, defined as a score of six or more on the trauma screening questionnaire (TSQ). The conditional probability of PTSD was 0.26. Risk factors include being female, single, self-employed, having experienced recent life events, having a common mental disorder (CMD)and living in an institution before age 16. The study indicates that probable PTSD is prevalent in this rural area of Kenya. The findings are relevant for the training of front line health workers, their support and supervision, for health management information systems, and for mental health promotion in state boarding schools

Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Mental health · Population · Promotion (chess · Psychiatry · Quality of life (healthcare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Epidemiology · Gerontology

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Intervalo de citas2021 - 2026 (6)
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