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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
What are the risk factors for the comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in a war-affected population? A cross-sectional community study in South Sudan
BMC Psychiatry, Volume 12, Article 175, Year 2012
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Background: Limited data exists on the association of war trauma with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-depression in the general population of low-income countries. The present study aimed to evaluate socioeconomic and trauma-related risk factors associated with PTSD, depression, and PTSD-depression comorbidity in the population of Greater Bahr el Ghazal States, South Sudan.Methods: In this cross-sectional community study (n=1200) we applied the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) and MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) to investigate the prevalence of PTSD, depression, and PTSD-depression comorbidity. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between these disorders, previous trauma exposure, sociodemographic, and socioeconomic factors.Results: PTSD only was found in 331 (28%) and depression only in 75 (6.4%) of the study population. One hundred and twelve (9.5%) of the participants had PTSD-depression comorbid diagnosis. Exposure to traumatic events and socioeconomic disadvantage were significantly associated with having PTSD or PTSD-depression comorbidity but not with depression. Participants with a comorbid condition were more likely to be socioeconomic disadvantaged, have experienced more traumatic events, and showed higher level of psychological distress than participants with PTSD or depression alone.Conclusions: In individuals exposed to war trauma, attention should be given to those who may fulfill criteria for a diagnosis of both PTSD and depression. © 2012 Ayazi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ayazi, Touraj
Norway, Oslo
Medisinske Fakultet
Lien, Lars
Norway, Oslo
Medisinske Fakultet
Norway, Oslo
Ulleval University Hospital
Norway, Brumunddal
Innlandet Hospital Trust
Eide, Arne Henning
Norway, Trondheim
Sintef Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research
Ruom, Majok M.
Sudan
Wau Teaching Hospital
Hauff, Edvard
Norway, Oslo
Medisinske Fakultet
Norway, Oslo
Ulleval University Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 56
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-244X-12-175
e-ISSN:
1471244X
Research Areas
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Sudan
Sudan