dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-17T20:46:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-17T20:46:59Z | |
dc.date.created | 2020-12-07T17:32:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bonsaksen, Tore Heir, Trond Bredal, Inger Schou Ekeberg, Øivind Skogstad, Laila Grimholt, Tine Kristin . Post-traumatic stress disorder and associated factors during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 2020, 17(24) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81700 | |
dc.description.abstract | The COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden lockdown of society in March 2020 had a large impact on people’s daily life and gave rise to concerns for the mental health in the general population. The aim of the study was to examine post-traumatic stress reactions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of symptom-defined post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and factors associated with post-traumatic stress in the Norwegian population during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. A survey was administered via social media channels, to which a sample of 4527 adults (≥18 years) responded. Symptom-defined PTSD was measured with the PTSD Checklist for the DSM-5. The items were specifically linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. We used the DSM-5 diagnostic guidelines to categorize participants as fulfilling the PTSD symptom criteria or not. Associations with PTSD were examined with single and multiple logistic regression analyses. The prevalence of symptom-defined PTSD was 12.5% for men and 19.5% for women. PTSD was associated with lower age, female gender, lack of social support, and a range of pandemic-related variables such as economic concerns, expecting economic loss, having been in quarantine or isolation, being at high risk for complications from COVID-19 infection, and having concern for family and close friends. In conclusion, post-traumatic stress reactions appear to be common in the Norwegian population in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. Concerns about finances, health, and family and friends seem to matter. | |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Post-traumatic stress disorder and associated factors during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.creator.author | Bonsaksen, Tore | |
dc.creator.author | Heir, Trond | |
dc.creator.author | Bredal, Inger Schou | |
dc.creator.author | Ekeberg, Øivind | |
dc.creator.author | Skogstad, Laila | |
dc.creator.author | Grimholt, Tine Kristin | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,53,10,14 | |
cristin.unitname | Enhet voksenpsykiatri | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1857162 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)&rft.volume=17&rft.spage=&rft.date=2020 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | |
dc.identifier.volume | 17 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 24 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249210 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-84744 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 1661-7827 | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/81700/1/Bonsaksen%2Bet%2Bal%2B2020%252C%2BPTSD%2BIJERPH.pdf | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |
cristin.articleid | 9210 | |