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Trauma exposure and PTSD prevalence among Yazidi, Christian and Muslim asylum seekers and refugees displaced to Iraqi Kurdistan1.16 MB
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Journal article
Trauma exposure and PTSD prevalence among Yazidi, Christian and Muslim asylum seekers and refugees displaced to Iraqi Kurdistan
PLoS One, Vol.15(6), pp.1-10
2020
PMID: 32579560
Abstract
Background:
There is unreliable, and negligible information on the mental health and trauma-exposure of asylum-seekers and displaced refugees in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Objectives:
To evaluate how responsible the ethno-religious origins are, for the prevalence of trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in displaced Iraqi asylum-seekers and refugees residing in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Methods:
Structured interviews with a cross-sectional sample of 150 individuals, comprised of three self-identified ethno-religious groups (50 participants in each): Christians, Muslims, and Yazidis.
Results:
100% prevalence of trauma exposure and 48.7% of current PTSD among refugees, 70% PTSD rate of Yazidi participants, which is significantly higher (p< 0.01) compared to 44% of Muslim participants and 32% of Christian participants. These findings were corroborated using the self-rated PTSD, DSM-5 Checklist, with more severe PTSD symptom scores (p< 0.001) obtained among Yazidis (43.1;19.7), compared to Muslims (31.3;20.1) and Christians (29.3;17.8). Self-rated depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) were also higher (p< 0.007) among Yazidis (12.3;8.2) and Muslims (11.7;5.9), compared to Christians (8.1;7).
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- Title
- Trauma exposure and PTSD prevalence among Yazidi, Christian and Muslim asylum seekers and refugees displaced to Iraqi Kurdistan
- Authors
- Sami Richa (Corresponding Author) - Saint Joseph UniversityMarie Herdane - Saint Joseph UniversityAzzam Dwaf - Saint Joseph UniversityRami Bou Khalil - St Joseph Univ, Fac Med, Hotel Dieu France, Beirut, LebanonFadi Haddad - Saint Joseph UniversityRhea El Khoury - Saint Joseph UniversityMyriam Zarzour - Saint Joseph UniversityAnthony Kassab - Saint Joseph UniversityRamez Dagher - Saint Joseph UniversityAlain Brunet - Douglas Mental Health University InstituteWissam El-Hage - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours
- Publication details
- PLoS One, Vol.15(6), pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0233681
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- PMID
- 32579560
- Copyright note
- © 2020 Richa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Data Availability
- All relevant data are within the manuscript.
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991105742502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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