Quality of life among Turkish immigrants in Sweden: A study for assessing the measurement properties of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life 100 …

N Bayram, D Thorburn, N Bilgel - Migracijske i etničke teme, 2011 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Many instruments have been developed to measure the multidimensional construct
of quality of life. One of them has been developed by the World Health Organization …

[HTML][HTML] Building a new life in Australia: an analysis of the first wave of the longitudinal study of humanitarian migrants in Australia to assess the association between …

W Chen, L Ling, AMN Renzaho - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the relationship between social integration and physical and mental
health among humanitarian migrants (HMs) in Australia. Design, setting and participants We …

[HTML][HTML] Subjective quality of life in war-affected populations

A Matanov, D Giacco, M Bogic, D Ajdukovic… - BMC Public Health, 2013 - Springer
Background Exposure to traumatic war events may lead to a reduction in quality of life for
many years. Research suggests that these impairments may be associated with …

Poor quality of life and health in young to middle aged Bosnian female war refugees: a population-based study

J Sundquist, A Behmen-Vincevic, SE Johansson - Public Health, 1998 - Elsevier
Objective: To evaluate whether female Bosnian refugees have a poorer quality of life than
Swedish women. Design: A cross-sectional study of quality of life using a slightly modified …

Migration and self-rated health: a comparison between Finns living in Sweden and Finns living in Finland

J Westman, T Martelin, T Härkänen… - … Journal of Public …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: There is a lack of studies comparing health among immigrant groups with health
among the population in their country of origin. This study compared the prevalence of self …

[HTML][HTML] Factors predicting symptoms of somatization, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-rated mental and physical health among recently arrived …

Y Nesterko, D Jäckle, M Friedrich, L Holzapfel… - Conflict and …, 2020 - Springer
Background There is a large body of research indicating increased prevalence rates of
mental disorders among refugees. However, the vast majority of the evidence available on …

[HTML][HTML] The sex difference in self-rated health among older Turkish and Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands: an exploratory study of contributing determinants

LD Sialino, HAH Wijnhoven, SH van Oostrom… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background Although being a woman and having a migration background are strong
predictors of poor self-rated health among (older) adults, research on the sex difference in …

Migration stress-related challenges associated with perceived quality of life: A qualitative analysis of Iranian refugees and Swedish patients

S Ekblad, A Abazari, NG Eriksson - Transcultural Psychiatry, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
The question of how quality of life is expressed and perceived by refugee patients seeking
health care has been neglected in the literature. This pilot study examined perceptions of …

A comparative study of Turkish-speaking migrants and natives living in Vienna/Austria concerning their life satisfaction–with a particular focus on satisfaction regarding …

Z Özlü-Erkilic, D Winkler, C Popow… - International Journal of …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The migration background can influence the life satisfaction of migrants. The
purpose of this paper is to examine the life satisfaction of migrants and particularly the …

The impact of acculturation, trauma, and post-migration stressors on the mental health of African immigrants and refugees in Sweden

AC Dunlavy - 2010 - d-scholarship.pitt.edu
Mental health promotion is an important public health issue which warrants increased and
immediate attention due to the significant impact that mental health can have on physical …