Outcome variables
Anxiety, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Trauma, post-traumatic stress
Anxiety and post-traumatic stress were the main outcomes of the study, with two validated tools being used to measure the participants’ levels of both at 12 months and 24 months. Anxiety symptoms were identified by the 7-item General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale that was developed to assess levels of anxiety over the past two weeks (The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ), a 16-item measure validated in other South African populations (The HTQ was recoded into binary variable where mean HTQ scores >2.5 were classified as having probable post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] (