Post-traumatic stress disorder in adult victims of cluster munitions in Lebanon: a 10-year longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to explore the short-term and long-term prevalence and effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among victims of cluster munitions.

Design and setting

A prospective 10-year longitudinal study that took place in Lebanon.

Participants

Two-hundred-and-forty-four Lebanese civilian victims of submunition blasts, who were injured in 2006 and were over 18 years old, were interviewed. Included were participants who had been diagnosed with PTSD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) and the PTSD Checklist - Civilian Version in 2006. Interviewees were present for the 10-year follow-up.

Main outcome measures

PTSD prevalence rates of participants in 2006 and 2016 were compared. Analysis

SUBMITTER: Fares J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724068 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature