Prevalence of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in the Kashmir Valley.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following the partition of India in 1947, the Kashmir Valley has been subject to continual political insecurity and ongoing conflict, the region remains highly militarised. We conducted a representative cross-sectional population-based survey of adults to estimate the prevalence and predictors of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley.

Methods

Between October and December 2015, we interviewed 5519 out of 5600 invited participants, ≥18 years of age, randomly sampled using a probability proportional to size cluster sampling design. We estimated the prevalence of a probable psychological disorder using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25) and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ-16). Both screening

SUBMITTER: Housen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5654454 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature