Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Mosul and Nineveh Medical Group Colleges Students: A Survey Study Zubair Omaima Abdul Razzaq1, Mohammad Mohammad Yousif2 1Family and Community Medicine Department, Mosul Medical College, University of Mosul, Iraq 2Family Physician Specialist at Al-Quds Health Center for Family Medicine Training, Nineveh Health Directorate, Iraq Online published on 8 March, 2019. Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder is a serious, potentially debilitating condition that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a life-threatening event, such as a natural disaster, serious sudden death of a loved one, accident, terrorist incident, war, or other violent personal assault. This study addresses the level of post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among sample of civilians in Mosul city (Medical groups Colleges Students) exposed to trauma aggravated by terrorism, war and displacement and to explore its relation with various socioeconomic variables. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Mosul City on Medical Colleges Students as early as the first year of study began after liberation operations ended and education have been resumed to identify as early as possible the remnants effect of such operation on students. Questionnaire forms were distributed on a representative sample using post-traumatic stress disorder check list for posttraumatic stress disorder. Score >33 regarded as cut off point for differentiation between presence and absence posttraumatic stress disorder. The results show that Out of 4122 students, a representative sample of 351 students was chosen. All of them (100%) were experienced violence as they witnessed the military operations by themselves. The frequency of posttraumatic stress disorder among the study group was 15.1%. Logistic regression analysis revealed no significant effect regarding age, sex and residence on PTSD. Conclusions Post traumatic stress disorder was prevalent among Mosul city medical students more than other areas that used the same instrument for assessment, further evaluation and interventions is needed to help those who have suggestive symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Top Keywords Posttraumatic stress disorder, and mental disorders, Mosul, Iraq. Top |