Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among Kuwaiti firefighters.
It has been proven time and again that emergency service personnel experience much more stress than non-emergency workers. This has been a negative factor which affects their social, psychological, and emotional life. The purpose of the present study is to add to the cross-cultural data relating to the prevalence of posttraumatic stress among emergency services personnel, specifically firefighters. A random sample of 108 Kuwaiti firefighters yielded a psychometric prevalence of PTSD of 18.5%. These findings are consistent with data from the United States and from Canada.
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Social Development Office, Amiri Diwan, Kuwait. Loyola College in Maryland, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D018635:Rescue Work; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology*; D014857:Warfare