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- Title
Incidence of PTSD in the French population a month after the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown: evidence from a national longitudinal survey.
- Authors
Alleaume, Caroline; Peretti-Watel, Patrick; Beck, François; Leger, Damien; Vaiva, Guillaume; Verger, Pierre; the COCONEL Group; Seror, Valérie; Cortaredona, Sébastien; Launay, Odile; Raude, Jocelyn; Fressard, Lisa; Legleye, Stéphane; Léger, Damien; L'Haridon, Olivier; Ward, Jeremy K.; COCONEL Group
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>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.<bold>Methods: </bold>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.<bold>Results: </bold>Among the 1736 participants, 30.1% reported at least one traumatic event. PTSD incidence was 17.5% (95% confidence interval CI = 15.7-19.3). It was higher in participants who reported multiple traumatic events, who had high COVID-19-related media use, who had general anxiety disorder (GAD-7) during the lockdown, and who had GAD, depression (PHQ-9), or sleep problems 1 month later. In addition, 43.1% of people with PTSD reported suicidal thoughts.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These results should help clinicians to target people who are at high risk of developing PTSD after a pandemic-related lockdown and could benefit from preventive measures. Collaboration between the media and mental health professionals could be envisioned to inform the population about care resources. Follow-up recommendations should also be disseminated to general practitioners to facilitate PTSD screening and ensure that they are aware of the appropriate management.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; COVID-19 pandemic; STAY-at-home orders; MENTAL health personnel; POISSON regression; SUICIDAL ideation
- Publication
BMC Public Health, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12889-022-13880-9