Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder After Flood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Flood as the most common kind of the natural disasters has unpleased short, medium, and long-term consequences on the victims' welfare, relationships, and physical and mental health. One of the most common mental health disorders in these victims is Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of PTSD on the flood victims.

Methods

Data resources including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Embase, Google Scholar, conference and congress papers, key journals, the reference list of selected articles as well as systematic reviews were searched to identify studies that reported the prevalence of PTSD in flood victims. Random Effect Model was used to perform meta-analysis of the studies. Cochran test and I

SUBMITTER: Golitaleb M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9259936 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature