Prevalence Rates and Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Residents of Fort McMurray Six Months After a Wildfire
The Fort McMurray wildfire was the costliest disaster in Canadian history, with far-reaching impacts. The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence and risk factors of elevated generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptomatology in residents of Fort McMurray 6 months after the wildfire. Data...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6079280 2023-05-15T16:17:33+02:00 Prevalence Rates and Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Residents of Fort McMurray Six Months After a Wildfire Agyapong, Vincent I. O. Hrabok, Marianne Juhas, Michal Omeje, Joy Denga, Edward Nwaka, Bernard Akinjise, Idowu Corbett, Sandra E. Moosavi, Shahram Brown, Matthew Chue, Pierre Greenshaw, Andrew J. Li, Xin-Min 2018-07-31 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079280/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30108527 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00345 en eng Frontiers Media S.A. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079280/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30108527 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00345 Copyright © 2018 Agyapong, Hrabok, Juhas, Omeje, Denga, Nwaka, Akinjise, Corbett, Moosavi, Brown, Chue, Greenshaw and Li. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. CC-BY Psychiatry Text 2018 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00345 2018-08-19T00:16:11Z The Fort McMurray wildfire was the costliest disaster in Canadian history, with far-reaching impacts. The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence and risk factors of elevated generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptomatology in residents of Fort McMurray 6 months after the wildfire. Data were collected via random selection procedures from 486 participants. Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms were measured via the GAD-7. The 1-month prevalence rate for GAD symptomatology 6 months after the disaster was 19.8% overall, regression analyses revealed six variables with significant unique contributions to prediction of GAD symptomatology. Significant predictors were: pre-existing anxiety disorder, witnessing of homes being destroyed by the wildfire, living in a different home after the wildfire, receiving limited governmental support or limited family support, and receiving counseling after the wildfire. Participants with these risk factors were between two to nearly seven times more likely to present with GAD symptomatology. In addition, participants who presented with elevated symptomatology were more likely to increase use or problematically use substances post-disaster. This study extends the literature on mental health conditions and risk factors following disasters, specifically in the area of generalized anxiety. Findings and implications are discussed. Text Fort McMurray PubMed Central (PMC) Fort McMurray Frontiers in Psychiatry 9 |
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The Fort McMurray wildfire was the costliest disaster in Canadian history, with far-reaching impacts. The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence and risk factors of elevated generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptomatology in residents of Fort McMurray 6 months after the wildfire. Data were collected via random selection procedures from 486 participants. Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms were measured via the GAD-7. The 1-month prevalence rate for GAD symptomatology 6 months after the disaster was 19.8% overall, regression analyses revealed six variables with significant unique contributions to prediction of GAD symptomatology. Significant predictors were: pre-existing anxiety disorder, witnessing of homes being destroyed by the wildfire, living in a different home after the wildfire, receiving limited governmental support or limited family support, and receiving counseling after the wildfire. Participants with these risk factors were between two to nearly seven times more likely to present with GAD symptomatology. In addition, participants who presented with elevated symptomatology were more likely to increase use or problematically use substances post-disaster. This study extends the literature on mental health conditions and risk factors following disasters, specifically in the area of generalized anxiety. Findings and implications are discussed. |
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Agyapong, Vincent I. O. Hrabok, Marianne Juhas, Michal Omeje, Joy Denga, Edward Nwaka, Bernard Akinjise, Idowu Corbett, Sandra E. Moosavi, Shahram Brown, Matthew Chue, Pierre Greenshaw, Andrew J. Li, Xin-Min |
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Prevalence Rates and Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Residents of Fort McMurray Six Months After a Wildfire |
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Prevalence Rates and Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Residents of Fort McMurray Six Months After a Wildfire |
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