Traumatic Life Events and Association With Depression, Anxiety, and Somatization Symptoms in Female Refugees.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Different types of traumatic life events have varying impacts on symptoms of depression, anxiety, and somatization. For women from areas of the world experiencing war and humanitarian crises, who have experienced cumulative trauma exposure during war and forced migration, it is not known whether cumulative trauma or particular events have the greatest impact on symptoms.

Objective

To examine which traumatic life events are associated with depression, anxiety, and somatization symptoms, compared with the cumulative amount, in a sample of female refugees.

Design, setting, and participants

For this cross-sectional study, data were collected in 2016 as a part of The Study on Female Refugees. The current analysis was conducted in 2022 to 2023. This multicenter s

SUBMITTER: Moran JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10359962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature