One Year after the Flood: Prevalence and Correlates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Residents in Fort McMurray

• Published in: Behavioral sciences Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 69
• Main Authors: Mao, Wanying, Eboreime, Ejemai, Shalaby, Reham, Nkire, Nnamdi, Agyapong, Belinda, Pazderka, Hannah, Obuobi-Donkor, Gloria, Adu, Medard, Owusu, Ernest, Oluwasina, Folajinmi, Zhang, Yanbo, Agyapong, Vincent I O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 02.03.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Anxiety; Confidence intervals; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disasters; flood; Floods; Mental health; natural disaster; Pandemics; Population; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Risk factors; support; trauma; Variables; Alberta Canada; Canada; PTSD; trauma; natural disaster; mental health; Fort McMurray; support; flood

The 2020 Fort McMurray (FMM) and area flood caused more than $228 million in insured damage, affected over 1200 structures, and more than 13,000 people were evacuated. This study sought to determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-like symptoms and the risk predictors among t...