Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Civilian Volunteers and Military Soldiers in War against ISIS from Basra City: Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Civilian Volunteers and Military Soldiers in War against ISIS from Basra City

Zainab Kammad, M.B.ch.b-CAMB psych . Psychiatry senior at Basrah General Hospital, Iraq.Follow
Aqeel Alsabbagh, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Basrah Medical College, Iraq.Follow

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

Background: Violence and aggression rates have been high in Iraq, where people have been subjected to many traumatic events for the past decades [acts of terrorism, explosions, kidnapping, systematized violence, and aggression], and for the past three years (with the advent of ISIS), all that has made them susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially in case of people experiencing trauma at the frontlines (soldiers and civilian volunteers)._x000D_ _x000D_ Objective: To determine the prevalence of PTSD among civilian volunteers (CV) and military soldiers (MS) participating in the war against ISIS._x000D_ _x000D_ Patients and Methods: a cross sectional study done in two major hospital in Basra city, with a sample of 200 subject, 100 from military soldiers and 100 from civilian volunteers. The candidates subjected first to GHQ, then to a special questionnaire for PTSD. P value < 0.05 considered statistically significant._x000D_ _x000D_ Results: The prevalence of PTSD was found to be 21% and 47% among CV and MS respectively._x000D_ _x000D_ Conclusion: PTSD prevalence is higher among military soldiers than among civilian volunteers._x000D_ _x000D_

Keywords

PTSD, civilian volunteers, military soldiers, religious belief

Recommended Citation

Kammad, Zainab and Alsabbagh, Aqeel (2021) "Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Civilian Volunteers and Military Soldiers in War against ISIS from Basra City: Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Civilian Volunteers and Military Soldiers in War against ISIS from Basra City," Iraqi National Journal of Medicine: Vol. 2 : Iss. 1 , Article 5.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37319/iqnjm.2.1.5