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Prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Internally Displaced People from Khartoum State After Sudan War in April., 2023

Author(s) Mohammed Haydar Awad Abd-alrazig, Ola Elhadi Abbas Ahmdon, Tarneem Jamal Hassan Elmojammer
Country Sudan
Abstract Internal displacement is emerging as one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. The displacement of people leads to various mental health problems such as PTSD, depression and anxiety in these groups of people, many studies have shown that PTSD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders diagnosed in displaced persons. This study aim to assess prevalence of PTSD in internally displaced people from Khartoum after Sudan war to orient the efforts toward the manipulation factors influencing their psychological health. This study is a descriptive cross-sectional community based study carry out among all people above 18 years old & internally displaced from Khartoum state by using self administrated questionnaire adapted from PCL-5 for assessed the 20 DSM-5 symptom of PTSD. The sample size was 666 participant, 50.8% of them were male, and most of them were 18 -25 years old (54.1%), displaced from Khartoum to Gaziera state in April (48.6%, 23.9%, 37.8%) respectively, also we founded that prevalence rate of PTSD was 311, 46.7% among the study sample and their was a significant relationship between PTSD and sex & age ( p value > 0.001, 0.010 respectively). The findings call for governments to adequately plan for and programme mental health interventions for internally displacement peoples.
Keywords post-traumatic stress disorder, Internally displaced person, Khartoum, Sudan, War, Prevalence, Trauma
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On 2023-08-14
Cite This Prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Internally Displaced People from Khartoum State After Sudan War in April., 2023 - Mohammed Haydar Awad Abd-alrazig, Ola Elhadi Abbas Ahmdon, Tarneem Jamal Hassan Elmojammer - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5254
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5254
Short DOI https://doi.org/gsmnqm

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