Epidemiological investigation of post-traumatic stress disorder in Mosuo people in Ninglang area of Yunnan province

Abstract:

Objective：To investigate the positive incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder（PTSD） in Mosuo people. Methods：All the subjects were surveyed by the structural questionnaires：the MINI-international neuropsychiatric interview（MINI） using the stage random sampling method. Results：Totally 1 121 subjects completed the screening.The the positive incidence of PTSD was 3.57‰（95%CI=0.07‰ to 7.00‰），and the standardized rate was 3.62‰，with 5.29‰（95%CI=0‰ to 12.64‰） of men and 2.69‰（95%CI=0‰ to 6.43‰）of women.The positive incidence of 40 to 49 years old and over sixty in Mosuo people were 0.8% and 0.5%，respec－tively，higher than those of other age brackets（0.0%）. Conclusion：PTSD is one of the factors that affects the social and economic development for Mosuo people. It is necessary to carry out research for its prevention.