Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly

fa Prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in People With a History of Hospitalization With COVID-19 and Its Relationship With Socio-economic Status تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: COVID-19 has had many negative consequences in all aspects of human life, especially physical and mental health. This study aims to determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with a history of hospitalization with COVID-19 and its relationship with socio-economic status (SES). Materials and Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional descriptive study and the statistical population of the study included all people with a history of being infected with COVID-19 and subsequent hospitalization in Shohada Hospital of Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah Province, Iran. The sample members were randomly selected from the list of hospitalized patients. A total of 479 people were evaluated face to face using the PTSD Checklist Scale (PCL-S) questionnaire to examine PTSD, as well as the Ghodrat Nama et al.’s SES questionnaire to determine the SES. The data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 21 and by Chi-square test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient (P≤0.05). Results: The prevalence of PTSD was 31.10%. No significant relationship was observed between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of PTSD (P=0.97). Among the demographic variables, only gender had a significant relationship with the prevalence of this disorder (P=0.00) and the prevalence was higher in women than in men. Conclusion: The prevalence of PTSD is high in people with a history of hospitalization with COVID-19. Getting infected with COVID-19 and subsequent hospitalization hurts people’s mental health. Maintaining the mental health of this group of people should be considered.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"></div> Post-traumatic stress disorder, COVID-19, Socioeconomic factors 201 208 http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-493-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Hafez Safari hafezsafari1991@gmail.com 0000-0002-7748-6075 No Department of Psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran. Seyedabdolmajid Bahrainian majid.bahrainian@gmail.com 0000-0003-2819-2182 Yes Department of Psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran. Mohammad Hassan Ghanifar ghanifar@iaubir.ac.ir 0000-0003-2138-0527 No Department of Psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran.