Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
ISSN: 2165-7548
Tom Decroo
Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels,
Brussels
Belgium
Research Article
Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions in Ebola Virus Disease Survivors in Sierra
Leone
Author(s): Malcolm Hugo, Hilde Declerck, Gabriel Fitzpatrick, Nathalie Severy, Osman Bamba-Moi Gbabai, Tom Decroo and Michel Van HerpMalcolm Hugo, Hilde Declerck, Gabriel Fitzpatrick, Nathalie Severy, Osman Bamba-Moi Gbabai, Tom Decroo and Michel Van Herp
Introduction: The current Ebola outbreak represents the largest in history. Understanding psychologicalreactions among EVD survivors may provide relevant information about post-treatment adjustment and possible psychological preventative measures. We therefore studied the psychological reactions in Ebola Virus Disease survivors following their discharge from an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone.
Methods: Immediately following discharge, survivors met with the psychologist to discuss their experiences in the case management centre and the challenges they may face returning to their communities. Of 74 survivors discharged in the study period, 24 were followed up at home for a psychological consultation three to four weeks after discharge. During the home visit the psychologist applied an adaptation of the trauma scre.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000285