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Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Methods and Implications in General Population Samples.
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- Prevalence and influencing factors of post-traumatic stress disorder among Chinese healthcare workers during the COVID-19 epidemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Vulnerability and protective factors for PTSD in the academic community during the pandemic.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
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- Psychometric revalidation of the SPRINT-E scale for assessing post-traumatic stress in Latin American populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Beyond COVID-19 Infection: Cognitive and Emotional Pathways Between Posttraumatic Stress, Rumination, and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in Peruvian military: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Impact of Event Scores Among Ontario Education Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Observational
- How has our primary-care NHS-IAPT provision for PTSD adapted to the pandemic? A service evaluation of recovery pre-COVID-19 and peri-COVID-19.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Traumatic stress symptoms among Spanish healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2023Article
- A multi-country study of the associations between HIV vulnerability status, perception of COVID-19 related stigma and post-traumatic stress symptoms during the first wave of the pandemic.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Impact of Event Scale-Revised: Examining Its Cutoff Scores among Arab Psychiatric Patients and Healthy Adults within the Context of COVID-19 as a Collective Traumatic Event.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- COVID-19-Related Stressors and Clinical Mental Health Symptoms in a Northeast US Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Anxiety, Depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptomatology According to Gender in Health-Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru Shortened Title: "Psychological Impact of the Pandemic on Women".International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Increasing concern about the mental health sequelae to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a surge in research and publications on the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in general population samples in relation to the pandemic. We examined how posttraumatic stress disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic has been studied to date and found three general themes: (1) assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms relied on self-report measures and often did not determine direct trauma exposure as required by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition Criterion A to diagnose posttraumatic stress disorder; (2) inadequate assessment of pre-existing mental disorders and co-occurring stress; and (3) the use of cross-sectional designs in most studies, often relying on snowball sampling strategies to conduct online surveys. Notwithstanding these methodological limitations, these studies have reported moderate to severe posttraumatic symptoms in 25.8% of the general population on average in relation to the pandemic (ranging from 4.6% to 55.3%). Opportunities for advancing future research that will inform public health planning are discussed.
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