Psychological impacts of the Gaza war on Palestinian young adults: a cross-sectional study of depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD symptoms DOI Creative Commons
Belal Aldabbour, Amal Abuabada,

Amro Lahlouh

и другие.

BMC Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 26, 2024

The Gaza Strip has been embroiled in a violent military assault since October 2023, with an immense toll on the civilian population. Armed conflicts threaten mental health of affected communities and survivors, psychiatric morbidity increases forced displacement severe recurrent trauma. This study investigates prevalence predisposing factors depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD symptoms group young adult students from during war. A cross-sectional, internet-based survey recruited medical used DASS21, SWLS, PCL-5 instruments. diagnosis required having score ≥ 23 fulfilling DSM-5 criteria. Rates life satisfaction were compared previous dataset collected 2022. Finally, logistic regression models fitted using R software to identify significantly associated PTSD. Three hundred thirty-nine participated. Most had displaced several times, great majority lost relative, colleague, or friend. Also, their homes income. 97.05% participants suffered mild depressive higher, while 84.37% 90.56% reported anxiety stress respectively. High levels dissatisfaction also found, 63.40% Symptoms more prevalent than baseline rates. All at least one comorbidity. Living shelter moderate higher depression. Being female, losing friend, predicted higher. Having depression symptoms, detected very high rates disorders among its population outlined myriad risk Interventions are needed prevent brewing crisis Strip.

Язык: Английский

Psychological impacts of the Gaza war on Palestinian young adults: a cross-sectional study of depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD symptoms DOI Creative Commons
Belal Aldabbour, Amal Abuabada,

Amro Lahlouh

и другие.

BMC Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 26, 2024

The Gaza Strip has been embroiled in a violent military assault since October 2023, with an immense toll on the civilian population. Armed conflicts threaten mental health of affected communities and survivors, psychiatric morbidity increases forced displacement severe recurrent trauma. This study investigates prevalence predisposing factors depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD symptoms group young adult students from during war. A cross-sectional, internet-based survey recruited medical used DASS21, SWLS, PCL-5 instruments. diagnosis required having score ≥ 23 fulfilling DSM-5 criteria. Rates life satisfaction were compared previous dataset collected 2022. Finally, logistic regression models fitted using R software to identify significantly associated PTSD. Three hundred thirty-nine participated. Most had displaced several times, great majority lost relative, colleague, or friend. Also, their homes income. 97.05% participants suffered mild depressive higher, while 84.37% 90.56% reported anxiety stress respectively. High levels dissatisfaction also found, 63.40% Symptoms more prevalent than baseline rates. All at least one comorbidity. Living shelter moderate higher depression. Being female, losing friend, predicted higher. Having depression symptoms, detected very high rates disorders among its population outlined myriad risk Interventions are needed prevent brewing crisis Strip.

Язык: Английский

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