Open AccessPrevalence and Associated Factors of PTSD Symptoms After the COVID-19 Epidemic Outbreak in an Online Survey in China: The Age and Gender Differences Matter
Author(s) -
Jiankai Mao,
Chaoyue Wang,
Chao Teng,
Mengpu Wang,
Siyao Zhou,
Ke Zhao,
Xiangming Ye,
Yijia Wang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s351042
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , covid-19 , demography , cross sectional study , checklist , china , affect (linguistics) , disease , posttraumatic stress , psychiatry , psychology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , communication , sociology , political science , law , cognitive psychology
The COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease belonging to the family of coronaviruses which can affect a great deal of people shortly. As a devastating event in the world, many people suffer the PTSD from this severe disease. The aim of study is to explore the prevalence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and discuss the possible factors among the general public in China after the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak.