Sequelae and Other Conditions in Ebola Virus Disease Survivors, Sierra Leone, 2015

Mohammed, Hamish; Vandy, Alren O.; Stretch, Rebecca; Otieno, David; Prajapati, Mukesh; Calderon, Mauricio Giusti; Vandi, Mohamed

doi:10.3201/eid2301.161631

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“…A much lower prevalence was also reported in a Guinean study where self‐perceived depression was experienced by 1.0% of EVD survivors . A similar prevalence of depression (1.7%) among EVD survivors was found based on a review of medical charts in Sierra Leone ; however, this lower prevalence of depression may be an underestimation since depression was not consistently recorded in medical charts of all EVD survivors who attended the EVD Survivor Clinic during the study period. EVD survivors also reported feelings of depression in qualitative studies conducted in Sierra Leone and Liberia .…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Reports from previous outbreaks in Uganda and DRC show survivors experience short‐ and long‐term physical and neuropsychological sequelae after discharge from Ebola treatment centres . Similar findings were reported in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa . A recent review by Lötsch et al .…”

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confidence: 61%

“…The remaining three were cohort studies. Eighteen studies were from the 2013 to 2016 outbreak in West Africa the remaining six are from 1995 to 2012 outbreaks in Eastern Africa . Of the 24 papers, 23 were published in English and one published in French .…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Appraisal of the 17 quantitative studies ( n = 17: 11 quantitative cross‐sectional, three mixed methods and three cohorts studies) shows that half (9/17, 52.9%) of the articles adequately addressed the study purpose, literature review, study design, study sample, outcome measures, intervention, data analysis, result, dropouts or exclusions, clinical importance, conclusion and limitations . Poorly reported components were research design , sample size and description , outcome measures (valid and reliable) , results and statistical significance , dropouts/exclusions and limitations . Appraisal of the qualitative studies ( n = 10: 7‐ qualitative cross‐sectional, three‐mixed methods) indicated that the following components were poorly reported data management procedure , conceptual framework , sampling strategy , threats to reliability and validity and ethical considerations .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Post‐Ebola psychosocial experiences and coping mechanisms among Ebola survivors: a systematic review

James

Wardle

Steel

et al. 2019

Tropical Med Int Health

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objective A myriad of physical and psychosocial sequelae have been reported among Ebola survivors from previous Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, including the most recent in West Africa. This review examines the various forms of psychological distress experienced by EVD survivors, family and community reactions to EVD survivors and EVD survivors' coping mechanisms. methods We conducted a literature search of original articles employing Medline (Ovid), PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, EBSCO host academic search complete, PsycINFO (EBSCO) and Embase databases.results Our search identified 1890 articles of which 24 met our inclusion criteria. Various forms of psychological distress were prevalent among EVD survivors including depression, anxiety, anger, grief, guilt, flashbacks, sadness, worthlessness, substance addiction, suicidal tendencies and selfstigmatisation. Family and community responses to EVD survivors ranged from acceptance to rejection, isolation, stigmatisation and discrimination. EVD survivors' coping strategies included engagement with religious faith, EVD survivors associations and involvement in EVD prevention and control interventions.conclusion Psychological distress, including that resulting from family and community stigma and discrimination, appears common among EVD survivors. Community-based mental health and psychosocial interventions integrated within a broader package of care for EVD survivors that also recognises the physical health challenges are required. Well-designed longitudinal studies can provide clear insights on the nature and trajectory of the psychosocial issues currently experienced by EVD survivors.

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confidence: 61%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Steel

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“…A large proportion of infectious diseases, some of which have reached frightening epidemic proportions in recent times, and may be zoonotic, capable of infecting man from other vertebrate hosts and vice-versa (Coker et al, 2000;Daszak et al, 2000;Venkatesan et al, 2010;Saegerman et al, 2012). The 2014/2015 Ebola epidemic is a sad reminder of one of such incidences; a zoonotic disease outbreak which claimed over 11,000 human lives and left undesirable sequelae in its trail (CDC, 2014;Mohammed et al, 2017). Wildlife has an important role to play in zoonotic disease emergence, reemergence and sustenance (Moudgil & Singla, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Human – monkey interaction on a University campus in Nigeria: An avenue for zoonotic disease transmission at the human wildlife interface?

Ogunro¹,

Olugasa²,

Olaleru³

et al. 2017

Sokoto J. Vet. Sc.

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Monkeys are potential sources of infectious diseases to humans. Mona monkeys frequently gain access to human dwellings within the University of Lagos campus. This study was conducted to assess the level of human-monkey interaction with a view to determining if such interaction will create an avenue for zoonotic disease transmission from monkeys to humans resident in this human-wildlife interface. Information on frequency and closeness of human -monkey interaction was gathered from 395 respondents using a semi-structured questionnaire and indepth interviews. These were used to determine respondents' attitude towards the monkeys as well as their knowledge on monkey related zoonoses. Responses from the questionnaire were entered into and analysed using EPI INFO TM version 7.2.0.1 statistical software. Categorical data were summarised as tables and bar chart. Chi Square, Fisher exact tests and binary logistic regression were used to test for significance and deduce relationships among variables. Statistical significance was determined at 95% Confidence interval. Most of the respondents (63.5%) were undergraduates; while 70.1% of all respondents were residents on campus. Only 19.8% and 6.6% of the respondents had close and risky contacts respectively, while 11.1% and 8.3% had negligible and minimal contacts respectively. Majority of the respondents (69.1%) had inadequate knowledge about monkey related zoonoses Only 39% were aware that monkeys could transmit disease to humans and 2% believed that monkeys could not transmit diseases to humans. Campus residents have significantly closer contacts with monkeys than visitors (p<0.05, OR=0.32). Residents were three times more likely to have had any form of contact with monkeys than non-residents. There was no significant difference between the frequency of risky human-monkey contacts among visitors and residents. The low level of awareness about zoonotic disease among the respondents could be ameliorated through public health awareness campaigns by health workers and conservationists.

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Serological Detection of Ebola Virus Exposures in Native Non-human Primates of Southern Nigeria

Ogunro

Olugasa

Verschoor

et al. 2018

JEGH

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Sequelae and Other Conditions in Ebola Virus Disease Survivors, Sierra Leone, 2015

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Post‐Ebola psychosocial experiences and coping mechanisms among Ebola survivors: a systematic review

Post‐Ebola psychosocial experiences and coping mechanisms among Ebola survivors: a systematic review

Human – monkey interaction on a University campus in Nigeria: An avenue for zoonotic disease transmission at the human wildlife interface?

Serological Detection of Ebola Virus Exposures in Native Non-human Primates of Southern Nigeria

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