Factors Associated with the Development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders after severe flooding and landslides in Nyarugenge District

Disasters lead to trauma that may affect both mental and physical health of those affected.Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) is among chronic traumatic events that affect people as a result of disasters.This study focused on flooding and landslides disasters which cover more than 80% of all natural disasters globally and Rwanda in particular.It aimed at determining factors associated with the development of PTSD in a population affected by floods and landslides.A descriptive cross-sectional design using quantitative method was used.Proportional sampling was used to select two hundred and nine participants where 209 responded from different sectors were selected.Data were analyzed using SPSS and results were presented in descriptivestatistics, where tables and pie charts were used to present the data.Bivariate and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to report on factors associated with the development of PTSDs.The results showed that participants below 25 years old were the majority of the participants, female participants dominated with 126(60%), themajority164 (78%) of the participants have secondary level of education and above, majority of the participants 137(66%) have family income below 50000 Rfr and80 (38%) which constitute the majority are in ubudehe category three.The multivariate analysis reported that the factors that the participants fall in low Ubudehe category leads to the development of PTSD among study population though its likelihood was less due to the Confidence Intervals close to 0; Ubudehe category 1 (AOR= 0.221; 95% CI=0.087-0.564;P= 0.002) and Ubudehe category 2 (AOR= 0.338; 95% CI=0.155-0.734;P= 0.006).The lack of support from the nearest health center was less likely to be associated with the development of PTSD (AOR= 0.188; 95% CI=0.052-0.687;P= 0.011) as well as lack of government support (AOR= 0.423; 95% CI=0.221-0.813;P= 0.010).