Association between migration status and subsequent labour market marginalisation among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder: a Swedish nationwide register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The high prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among migrants in Europe is widely reported. Our research aimed to investigate the association between migration status and subsequent labour market marginalisation (LMM) events, i.e., long-term unemployment (LTU), long-term sickness absence (LTSA), and disability pension (DP) among individuals with PTSD, and to elucidate how the sociodemographic factors and the pre-existing health conditions influence such association.

Methods

We established a cohort of 36,714 individuals born between 1960 and 1995, living in Sweden during 2004-2009, aged 19 years or above, with PTSD diagnosis during 2006-2009. Migration status, categorized as refugees, non-refugees, second-generation migrants, and Swedish-born with Swedish

SUBMITTER: He J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9042996 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature