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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Anxiety and Stress Disorders
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1373602
This article is part of the Research Topic Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: From Neurobiology to Treatment View all 3 articles

Post-traumatic stress disorder and Associated Factors among Inpatients at Eastern Command Referral Hospital in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia

Provisionally accepted
Dawit Firdisa Dawit Firdisa 1*Desalegn Adugna Desalegn Adugna 1Tesfaye A. Yadeta Tesfaye A. Yadeta 2Jerman Dereje Jerman Dereje 3Samuel Demissie Samuel Demissie 1Obsan Kassa Obsan Kassa 1Monas Kitesa Monas Kitesa 4Assefa T. Gemeda Assefa T. Gemeda 1
  • 1 School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
  • 2 School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
  • 3 Department of Psychiatry, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Harari Region, Ethiopia
  • 4 School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

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    Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by heightened stress and anxiety after experiencing a traumatic event. While numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the magnitude and factors associated with PTSD, there is limited evidence available on specific study populations of military personnel.The study aimed to determine the magnitude of post-traumatic stress disorder and associated factors among military personnel admitted to the Eastern Command Referral Hospital in Eastern Ethiopia from May 1-30, 2023.A cross-sectional study was carried out at an institution. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data using the post-traumatic stress disorder military version checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 th edition. Data were entered and analyzed using Epidata version 3.1 and STATA version 14. Descriptive statistics were employed to summarize the information. To investigate factors linked with outcome variables, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted. The results were presented using odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals, with statistical significance given at a p-value of 0.05.Results: This study found that about 23.6% (95% CI: 19.9, 27.8) of admitted military members fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Participants history of mental illness (AOR=5.73, 95% CI: 2.66-12.31), family history of mental illness (AOR=10.38, 95% CI: 5.36-20.10), current chewing of khat (AOR=2.21, 95% CI: 1.13-4.32), physical trauma (AOR=2.03, 95% CI: 1.00-4.13), moderate social support (AOR=0.27, 95% CI: 0.1-4.53), strong social support (AOR=0.09, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.35), and severe depression (AOR=2.06, 95% CI: 1.74-5.71) were factors significantly associated with Post-traumatic stress disorder.The magnitude of post-traumatic stress disorder is high among military personnel.Factors such as participants history of mental illness, family history of mental illness, depression, lack of social support, current use of khat, and physical trauma are significantly associated with PTSD. It is crucial to identify and intervene early in individuals with these risk factors to address PTSD effectively.

    Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic events, Armed forces of military members, Dire dawa, Ethiopia

    Received: 20 Jan 2024; Accepted: 21 May 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Firdisa, Adugna, Yadeta, Dereje, Demissie, Kassa, Kitesa and Gemeda. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Dawit Firdisa, School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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