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Irritability, anger and denial: coronavirus pandemic leaves many Hong Kong residents with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds
12.4 per cent of respondents showed signs of PTSD and researchers warn the situation likely worsened during fifth wave
Those with lower level of education, were jobless or lacked a source of income found to be at higher risk
Fiona Sun
Published: 7:32pm, 25 May, 2022
Updated: 7:32pm, 25 May, 2022
The first year of the Covid-19 pandemic left one in 10 Hong Kong residents with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study, and researchers have warned that the numbers could be much higher after the fifth wave of infections.
Researchers at Polytechnic University interviewed 3,011 residents contacted by telephone at random between December 2020 and February last year. It found 12.4 per cent of respondents exhibited symptoms of PTSD, including inadvertently thinking about the pandemic, growing irritable or angry and denying the existence of the coronavirus.
But the researchers warned the situation could have worsened during the fifth wave, which was now subsiding, when hundreds of thousands of new infections and thousands of deaths overwhelmed the healthcare system. They warned that between 30 and 40 per cent of residents could be afflicted with PTSD symptoms...
Irritability, anger and denial: coronavirus pandemic leaves many Hong Kong residents with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds
12.4 per cent of respondents showed signs of PTSD and researchers warn the situation likely worsened during fifth wave
Those with lower level of education, were jobless or lacked a source of income found to be at higher risk
Fiona Sun
Published: 7:32pm, 25 May, 2022
Updated: 7:32pm, 25 May, 2022
The first year of the Covid-19 pandemic left one in 10 Hong Kong residents with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study, and researchers have warned that the numbers could be much higher after the fifth wave of infections.
Researchers at Polytechnic University interviewed 3,011 residents contacted by telephone at random between December 2020 and February last year. It found 12.4 per cent of respondents exhibited symptoms of PTSD, including inadvertently thinking about the pandemic, growing irritable or angry and denying the existence of the coronavirus.
But the researchers warned the situation could have worsened during the fifth wave, which was now subsiding, when hundreds of thousands of new infections and thousands of deaths overwhelmed the healthcare system. They warned that between 30 and 40 per cent of residents could be afflicted with PTSD symptoms...