作者
Lena Walther, Hannes Kröger, Ana Nanette Tibubos, Thi Minh Tam Ta, Christian Von Scheve, Jürgen Schupp, Eric Hahn, Malek Bajbouj
发表日期
2020/8/1
期刊
BMJ open
卷号
10
期号
8
页码范围
e033658
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objectives
Responding to the mental health needs of refugees remains a pressing challenge worldwide. We estimated the prevalence of psychological distress in a large refugee population in Germany and assessed its association with host country factors amenable to policy intervention and integration indicators.
Design
A cross-sectional and population-based secondary analysis of the 2017 wave of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP refugee survey.
Setting
Germany.
Participants
2639 adult refugees who arrived in Germany between 2013 and 2016.
Main outcome measures
Psychological distress involving symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder was measured using the Refugee Health Screener-13.
Results
Almost half of the population surveyed (41.2% (95% CI: 37.9% to 44.6%)) was affected by mild, moderate or severe levels of psychological distress. 10.9% (8.4% to 13.5%) of the population …
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