Incidence of PTSD in the French population a month after the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown: evidence from a national longitudinal survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In view of experts' warnings about the potential negative mental health consequences of the sudden nationwide lockdowns implemented in many countries to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, we sought to study the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after traumatic events related to this unprecedented lockdown in the French general population.

Methods

This longitudinal study among adults (aged =18) consisted of two surveys: the first during the last days of the lockdown and the second a month later. We estimated PTSD incidence with the PCL-5 and ran multiple Poisson regression models to identify factors associated with PTSD.

Results

Among the 1736 participants, 30.1% reported at least one traumatic event. PTSD incidence was 17.5% (95% con

SUBMITTER: Alleaume C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356417 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature