TY - JOUR ID - TI - Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Civilian Volunteers and Military Soldiers in War against ISIS from Basra City AU - Zainab Ali Hassan Kammad AU - Aqeel Ibrahim Alsabbagh PY - 2020 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 52 EP - 62 JO - Iraqi National journal of Medicine المجلة العراقية الوطنية للطب SN - 26647516 26647524 AB - Background: Violence and aggression rates have been high in Iraq, where people have beensubjected to many traumatic events for the past decades [acts of terrorism, explosions, kidnapping,systematized violence, and aggression], and for the past three years (with the advent of ISIS), allthat has made them susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially in case ofpeople experiencing trauma at the frontlines (soldiers and civilian volunteers).Objective: To determine the prevalence of PTSD among civilian volunteers (CV) and militarysoldiers (MS) participating in the war against ISIS.Patients and Methods: a cross sectional study done in two major hospital in Basra city, with asample of 200 subject, 100 from military soldiers and 100 from civilian volunteers. The candidatessubjected first to GHQ, then to a special questionnaire for PTSD. P value < 0.05 consideredstatistically significant.Results: The prevalence of PTSD was found to be 21% and 47% among CV and MS respectively.Conclusion: PTSD prevalence is higher among military soldiers than among civilian volunteers.Keywords: PTSD, civilian volunteers, military soldiers, religious belief.

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