Assessing anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms among Ebola survivors in Africa: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During health disaster events such as the current devastating havoc being inflicted on countries globally by the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, mental health problems among survivors and frontline workers are likely concerns. However, during such health disaster events, stakeholders tend to give more precedence to the socio-economic and biomedical health consequences at the expense of mental health. Meanwhile, studies show that regardless of the kind of disaster/antecedent, all traumatic events trigger similar post-traumatic stress symptoms among survivors, families, and frontline workers. Thus, our study investigated the prevalence of anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms among survivors of the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease that plagued the West African sub-region.

Method

SUBMITTER: Acharibasam JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864444 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature