The association between long-distance migration and PTSD prevalence in Syrian refugees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Refugees are forced migrants but there is a large variation in the distance that refugees cover and there is a paucity in the evidence of how this may affect refugees' health and health care needs.

Objective

We investigated the association between long-distance migration and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a serious psychiatric disorder associated with deteriorating mental and somatic health.

Methods

Included from 2016-2019 were adult Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Denmark that arrived up to 12 months prior to inclusion. PTSD was assessed using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the estimate of association was obtained by multiply imputing missing data and adjusting for confounding by propensity score-weighting with covariates age, sex, socioeconom

SUBMITTER: Eiset AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9137139 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature