Prevalence and predictors of PTSD during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a Tunisian community sample

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Prevalence and predictors of PTSD during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a Tunisian community sample

Feten Fekih-Romdhane¹, Farah Ghrissi², Bouthaina Abbassi², Wissal Cherif², Majda Cheour²

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¹ Tunis El Manar University, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia; Psychiatry Department "E", Razi Hospital, 1 Rue des Orangers, Mannouba 2010, Tunisia. Electronic address: feten.fekih@gmail.com.
² Tunis El Manar University, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia; Psychiatry Department "E", Razi Hospital, 1 Rue des Orangers, Mannouba 2010, Tunisia.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113131

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Prevalence and predictors of PTSD during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a Tunisian community sample

Feten Fekih-Romdhane et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:290:113131.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113131. Epub 2020 May 27.

Authors

Feten Fekih-Romdhane¹, Farah Ghrissi², Bouthaina Abbassi², Wissal Cherif², Majda Cheour²

Affiliations

¹ Tunis El Manar University, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia; Psychiatry Department "E", Razi Hospital, 1 Rue des Orangers, Mannouba 2010, Tunisia. Electronic address: feten.fekih@gmail.com.
² Tunis El Manar University, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia; Psychiatry Department "E", Razi Hospital, 1 Rue des Orangers, Mannouba 2010, Tunisia.

PMID: 32485488
PMCID: PMC7255192
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113131

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[1] Garfin D.R., Silver R.C., Holman E.A. The novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak: amplification of public health consequences by media exposure. Health Psychol. 2020;39(5):355–357. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Garfin D.R., Silver R.C., Holman E.A. The novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak: amplification of public health consequences by media exposure. Health Psychol. 2020;39(5):355–357. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Hall B.J., Xiong Y.X., Yip P., Lao C.K., Shi W., Sou E., Chang K., Wang L., Lam A. The association between disaster exposure and media use on post-traumatic stress disorder following Typhoon Hato in Macao, China. Eur. J. Psychotraumatol. 2019;10(1) - PMC - PubMed

[4] Hall B.J., Xiong Y.X., Yip P., Lao C.K., Shi W., Sou E., Chang K., Wang L., Lam A. The association between disaster exposure and media use on post-traumatic stress disorder following Typhoon Hato in Macao, China. Eur. J. Psychotraumatol. 2019;10(1) - PMC - PubMed

[5] Jalloh M.F., Li W., Bunnell R.E., Ethier K.A., O'Leary A., Hageman K.M., Sengeh P., Jalloh M.B., Morgan O., Hersey S., Marston B.J., Dafae F., Redd J.T. Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone. BMJ Glob. Health. 2018;3(2) July 2015. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Jalloh M.F., Li W., Bunnell R.E., Ethier K.A., O'Leary A., Hageman K.M., Sengeh P., Jalloh M.B., Morgan O., Hersey S., Marston B.J., Dafae F., Redd J.T. Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone. BMJ Glob. Health. 2018;3(2) July 2015. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Lachlan K.A., Spence P.R., Lin X., Najarian K., Del Greco M. Social media and crisis management: CERC, search strategies, and twitter content. Comput. Hum. Behav. 2016;54:647–652.

[8] Lachlan K.A., Spence P.R., Lin X., Najarian K., Del Greco M. Social media and crisis management: CERC, search strategies, and twitter content. Comput. Hum. Behav. 2016;54:647–652.

[9] Murdock G., Petts J., Horlick-Jones T. After amplification: rethinking the role of the media in risk communication. In: Pidgeon N., Kasperson R.E., Slovic P., editors. The Social Amplification of Risk. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge: 2003.

[10] Murdock G., Petts J., Horlick-Jones T. After amplification: rethinking the role of the media in risk communication. In: Pidgeon N., Kasperson R.E., Slovic P., editors. The Social Amplification of Risk. Cambridge University Press; Cambridge: 2003.

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