Assessing anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms among Ebola survivors in Africa: A meta-analysis.
PLoS One
; 16(2): e0246515, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1388899
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
During health disaster events such as the current devastating havoc being inflicted on countries globally by the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, mental health problems among survivors and frontline workers are likely concerns. However, during such health disaster events, stakeholders tend to give more precedence to the socio-economic and biomedical health consequences at the expense of mental health. Meanwhile, studies show that regardless of the kind of disaster/antecedent, all traumatic events trigger similar post-traumatic stress symptoms among survivors, families, and frontline workers. Thus, our study investigated the prevalence of anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms among survivors of the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease that plagued the West African sub-region.METHODS:
We systematically retrieved peer-reviewed articles published between 1970 and 2019 from seven electronic databases, including Google Scholar, MEDLINE, PsychInfo, PubMed, Scopus, Springer Link, Web of Science on Ebola and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. A comprehensive hand search complemented this literature search. Of the 87 articles retrieved, only 13 met the inclusion criteria for this meta-analysis.RESULTS:
After heterogeneity, influence, and publication bias analysis, our meta-analysis pooled proportion effects estimates showed a moderate to a high prevalence of anxiety (14%; 99% CI 0.05-0.30), depression (15%; 99% CI 0.11-0.21), and insomnia (22%; 99% CI 0.13-0.36). Effect estimates ranging from (0.13; 99% CI 0.05, 0.28) through to (0.11; 99% CI 0.05-0.22), (0.15; 99% CI 0.09-0.25) through to (0.13; 99% CI 0.08-0.21) and (0.23; 99% CI 0.11-0.41) to (0.23; 99% CI 0.11-0.41) were respectively reported for anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms. These findings suggest a significant amount of EVD survivors are struggling with anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms.CONCLUSION:
Our study provided the first-ever meta-analysis evidence of anxiety, depression, and insomnia symptoms among EVD survivors, and suggest that the predominant biomedical health response to regional and global health disasters should be complemented with trauma-related mental health services.
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
/
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
/
Depression
/
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Type of study:
Observational study
/
Prognostic study
/
Reviews
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
/
Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
JOURNAL.PONE.0246515
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS