Near-death experiences, attacks by family members, and absence of health care in their home countries affect the quality of life of refugee women in Germany: a multi-region, cross-sectional, gender-sensitive study

Jesuthasan, Jenny; Soenmez, Ekin; Abels, Ingar; Kurmeyer, Christine; Gutermann, Jana; Kimbel, Renate; Krueger, Antje; Niklewski, Guenter; Richter, Kneginja; Stangier, Ulrich; Wollny, Anja; Zier, Ulrike; Oertelt-Prigione, Sabine; Shouler-Ocak, Meryam

doi:10.1186/s12916-017-1003-5

Near-death experiences, attacks by family members, and absence of health care in their home countries affect the quality of life of refugee women in Germany: a multi-region, cross-sectional, gender-sensitive study

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Jesuthasan J., Soenmez E., Abels I., Kurmeyer C., Gutermann J., Kimbel R., ...Daha Fazla

BMC MEDICINE, cilt.16, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 16
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s12916-017-1003-5
Dergi Adı: BMC MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Anahtar Kelimeler: Refugees, Women, Quality of life, Traumatic experiences, Migration, POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER, HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE, IRAQI ASYLUM SEEKERS, NETHERLANDS, INSTRUMENT, TORTURE
Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: The year 2016 has marked the highest number of displaced people worldwide on record. A large number of these refugees are women, yet little is known about their specific situation and the hurdles they have to face during their journey. Herein, we investigated whether sociodemographic characteristics and traumatic experiences in the home country and during the flight affected the quality of life of refugee women arriving in Germany in 2015-2016.