ABSTRACT

As during eight years of imposed war, Kermanshah city was destroyed of aerial bombardment of the enemy and it was under aerial and missile attack. The research objective is to determine the condition of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of imposed war in the population of Kermanshah city. Statistical population includes all the people living in Kermanshah with the date of birth of before 1981and the years 1980-1988 living in Kermanshah. Or they encountered with stress full factors of war. By clustering sampling method, 5110 people were selected as research sample. To collect data, researcher-built inventory consisting of 3 parts of demographic, disorder symbols and health condition of people was used. Experienced questioners after passing face-to –face-training courses collected the required data by going to the houses. The results showed that 26% of research sample were suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of imposed war. This disorder was observed in 29% of studied women and 21% of studied men. 76.7% of people with disorder symptoms were at the age of 35-44, there is significant relation between the experience of aerial bombardment and the frequency of the experience of aerial bombardment with PTSD disorder. Social and mental effects of this disorder on men were more in education, social relations, work, marriage and wedding life and on women had negative effect on their social performance. This disorder had negative effect on educational, social and job performance of them and despite the fact that 23years is passed from the war, the annoying symptoms of this disorder are obvious.

Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder; aerial attack; bombardment; war; Kermanshah city