Severe Anxiety and PTSD Symptoms Among Ebola Virus Disease Survivors and Healthcare Workers in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Eastern DR Congo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15516913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jude Mary Cénat (0000-0003-3628-6904, University of Ottawa, corresponding author), C Rousseau (0000-0002-6533-6774, McGill University), Jacqueline Bukaka (University of Kinshasa), Rose Darly Dalexis (0000-0003-3937-9348, University of Ottawa), Mireille Guerrier (University of Ottawa) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 767656-767656 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-06 |
| 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.2022.767656 |
| PMID | 35599776 |
| OpenAlex | W4229016899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 49 |
Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors and healthcare workers (HCWs) face stress, fear, and stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic that can induce severe symptoms of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We examined the prevalence and factors related to severe PTSD and anxiety symptoms, using a representative sample of survivors of the 2018-2020 EVD epidemic in DR Congo in comparison HCWs. Five hundred sixty-three participants (55.25% women, 309 survivors, 202 HCWs, and 52 HCWs and survivors) completed questionnaires assessing anxiety, PTSD, exposure to EVD and COVID-19, stigmatization related to EVD and COVID-19, interpersonal traumas, social support. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 45.6 and 75.0% of survivors and HCWs reported severe symptoms of PTSD and anxiety. Significant difference was observed among the three groups for both PTSD (53.7% survivors, 37.1% HCWs, and 30.8% HCWs-survivors, χ 2 = 18.67, p 2 = 67.03, p b = 0.53; p = 0.001; b = 0.12; p = 0.042), EVD-related stigmatization ( b = 0.14; p = 0.018; b = 0.07; p = 0.006), COVID-19-related stigmatization ( b = 0.22; p b = 0.08; p = 0.0001) and social support ( b = -0.30; p b = -0.14; p < 0.0001) predicted severe PTSD and anxiety symptoms. The last models explained 63.8 and 56.4% of the variance of PTSD and anxiety. Symptoms of PTSD and anxiety are common among EVD survivors and HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Culturally-sensitive programs that address stigma are necessary to mitigate the cumulative effects of EVD and the COVID-19 pandemic on EVD survivors and HCWs
Anxiety · Biology · Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Ebola virus · Family medicine · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Psychiatry · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Resilience and Mental Health · Internal Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |