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Int J Emerg Ment Health · Jan 1999
Comparative StudyPrevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among Kuwaiti firefighters.
- F al-Naser and G S Everly.
- Social Development Office, Amiri Diwan, Kuwait. Loyola College in Maryland, USA.
- Int J Emerg Ment Health. 1999 Jan 1; 1 (2): 99-101.
AbstractIt 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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