TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Post-traumatic stress after terrorist attack: psychological reactions following the US embassy bombing in Nairobi: Naturalistic study
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Njenga, Frank G.
A1  - Nicholls, P. J.
A1  - Nyamai, Caroline
A1  - Kigamwa, Pius
A1  - Davidson, Jonathan R. T.
SP  - 328
EP  - 333
VL  - 185
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Most studies of post-traumatic stress disorder following terrorist attacks are of small samples in industrialised nations and take place months or years after the incident. AIMS: To describe reactions following the US embassy bombing in Nairobi and the characteristic features of and risk factors for post-traumatic stress symptoms in a large, non-Western sample soon after the attack. METHOD: A self-report questionnaire which assessed potential risk factors and identified symptoms matching DSM-IV criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder was answered by 2883 Kenyans, 1-3 months after the bombing. RESULTS: Symptoms approximating to the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder occurred in 35%. Factors associated with post-traumatic stress included female gender, unmarried status, lack of college education, seeing the blast, injury, not recovering from injury, not confiding in a friend, bereavement and financial difficulty since the blast. Many other factors were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: Specific factors often cited to predict marked short-term post-traumatic stress were confirmed in this large, non-Western sample.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.185.4.328
ID  - ref1
ER  -