Disability and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in the Ukrainian General Population During the 2022 Russian Invasion
Journal: medRxiv
Year: 2022

Abstract Background Previous research has shown that people with disabilities are disproportionately vulnerable to symptoms of psychological distress after exposure to armed conflict. Past work has also shown that individuals displaced by conflict are at heightened risk of post-traumatic stress. However, we know of no research that has attempted to examine the association between disability severity and post-traumatic stress symptoms in a general population affected by armed conflict. Method We