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Farhood LF, Fares S, Sabbagh R, et al. PTSD and depression construct: prevalence and predictors of co-occurrence in a South Lebanese civilian sample. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2016;7:31509doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.31509.
Farhood, L. F., Fares, S., Sabbagh, R., & Hamady, C. (2016). PTSD and depression construct: prevalence and predictors of co-occurrence in a South Lebanese civilian sample. European journal of psychotraumatology, 731509. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.31509
Farhood, Laila F, et al. "PTSD and depression construct: prevalence and predictors of co-occurrence in a South Lebanese civilian sample." European journal of psychotraumatology vol. 7 (2016): 31509. doi: https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.31509
Farhood LF, Fares S, Sabbagh R, Hamady C. PTSD and depression construct: prevalence and predictors of co-occurrence in a South Lebanese civilian sample. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2016 Jul 12;7:31509. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.31509. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27414815; PMCID: PMC4944596.
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Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2016 Jul 12;7:31509. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.31509. eCollection 2016.

PTSD and depression construct: prevalence and predictors of co-occurrence in a South Lebanese civilian sample.

European journal of psychotraumatology

Laila F Farhood, Souha Fares, Rachel Sabbagh, Carmen Hamady

Affiliations

  1. Hariri School of Nursing and Psychiatry Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; [email protected].
  2. Hariri School of Nursing, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 27414815 PMCID: PMC4944596 DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.31509

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Armed conflict, occupation, and political and economic instability that are particularly experienced by the civilian Lebanese population of South Lebanon would almost inevitably affect these individuals psychologically. Therefore, identifying predictors of co-occurring mental disorders is paramount to sound assessment and intervention planning.

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine the prevalence and predictors of co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) in a post-war population from South Lebanon.

METHOD: A total of 991 citizens from 10 villages were interviewed using a cross-sectional design through random sampling. The prevalence of PTSD, MDD, or both was 23.4%. To identify predictors of PTSD and depression co-occurrence, multinomial logistic regression was used. Participants were divided into four groups (participants with no PTSD or depression, participants with PTSD only, participants with depression only, and participants with PTSD-depression comorbidity).

RESULTS: Among the significant predictors of PTSD-depression co-occurrence, female gender, health problems, social life events, and witnessed traumatic events were most consistently found. Additionally, employment and educational status, as well as social support, were found to significantly predict co-occurrence.

CONCLUSIONS: Results reveal the distinct risk and protective factors that characterize the PTSD-depression profile. These findings will hopefully assist in the development of interventions that are sensitive to individuals' psychosocial milieu.

Keywords: co-occurrence; depression; posttraumatic stress disorder; war

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