The association between chronic pain and pre-and-post migration experiences in resettled humanitarian refugee women residing in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Refugee women are potentially at increased risk for chronic pain due to circumstances both in the pre-migration and post-settlement setting. However, this relationship between refugee-related challenges introduced along their migration trajectories and chronic pain remains unclear. This study will therefore examine the association between pre- and post-migration factors and chronic pain in refugee women five years into resettlement in Australia.

Methods

The first five waves of data from the 'Building a New Life in Australia' longitudinal study of humanitarian refugees living in Australia was analysed using logistic regression models to investigate the association between predictor variables and chronic pain. The study outcome was chronic pain and predictors were m

SUBMITTER: Altun A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9080158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature