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Profile and reintegration experience of Ebola survivors in Guinea: a cross-sectional study
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Profile and reintegration experience of Ebola survivors in Guinea: a cross-sectional study

Alexandre Delamou, Bienvenu Salim Camara, Jean Pe Kolie, Achille Diona Guemou, Nyankoye Yves Haba, Shannon Marquez, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Therese Delvaux and Johan van Griensven
Tropical medicine & international health, v 22(3)
Mar 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12825
PMID: 27935657
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Abstract

Adolescent Adult Certificate of Need Child Community Integration Cross-Sectional Studies Disease Outbreaks Female Follow-Up Studies Guinea - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - complications Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology Humans Male Middle Aged Patient Discharge Socioeconomic Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Survivors Young Adult
To describe the experience of Guinean Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors in Guinea, up to ten months after discharge from the Ebola treatment unit. Cross-sectional study using a standardised semistructured questionnaire among survivors from Conakry and Coyah districts in 2015 in Guinea. We used proportions, mean (standard deviation) and median (interquartile range) to summarise the variables. The McNemar chi-square test was used to compare proportions. The 121 EVD survivors interviewed had a median reintegration time from discharge of 18 weeks (IQR: 14-32 weeks). Most survivors were aged 15-44 years (87.6%) with secondary to higher level of education (68.6%), and 25.6% were healthcare workers. The majority reported a lower socio-economic status (90%), a less favourable work situation (79%) and psychological status (60%). About 31% reported physical health problems. Most survivors reported lower levels of reintegration with friends and at work place (72%) and lower acceptance by others in general (71%) in the period after the EVD as compared to the period before the EVD. Only 55 survivors (45.5%) were involved in one or more activities of the EVD response: participation in clinical studies on the EVD (44 survivors, 36.4%), community sensitisation (28 survivors, 23.1%) or work in Ebola treatment and/or transit centres (23 survivors, 21.7%). There is a need for a long-term follow-up of EVD survivors in Guinea and more efforts to support their social, professional and economic reintegration, especially in rural areas.

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