From: Selecting instruments for assessing psychological wellbeing in Afghan and Kurdish refugee groups
Author | Instruments | Outcome variables | Study participants |
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Ahmad et al [22] | -PTSS-C -CPTSD-RI | PTSD stress symptoms in traumatized children | Kurdish children in Iraq and Sweden & Swedish children |
Casimiro,Hancock & Northcote [23] | Qualitative | Exploring resettlement issues during first five years | 80 Muslim women (35 Iraqi, 34 Sudanese, 11 Afghan) in Perth, WA |
Gerritsen et al [24] | -MOS -SF36 -HTQ -HSCL25 | General health, PTSD, depression & anxiety | 178 refugees & 262 asylum seekers (Iranian, Afghan & Somali) in the Netherlands |
Ghazinour, Richter & Eisemann [25] | -WHOQOL100 -SOC -CRI -ISSI -BDI -SCL90R | Sense of coherence, coping resources & social support | 100 Iranian refugees settled in Sweden |
Gilgen et al [26] | -EMIC | Health interview for common health problems | 36 Bosnian, 62 Turkish/Kurdish & 48 Swiss internal migrants in Switzerland |
Hafshejani [27] | -PDS -LRI | PTSD & meaning in life | 59 Iranian & Afghan males who have experienced war, now in Sydney |
Hosin et al [28] | -GHQ30 -CBCL | Psychological wellbeing & adjustment | 61 Arab & Kurdish families (including 162 children) in London |
Husni et al [29] | -CAS | Satisfaction ratings of personal safety, health, employment, food, financial security, social life & entertainment | 54 Kurdish refugees, 29 living in the UK & 25 in Canada |
Ichikawa, Nakahara & Wakai [30] | -HSCL25 -HTQ | Assessment of post-migration detention on mental health | 55 Afghan asylum seekers in Japan |
Koehn [31] | Qualitative | Transnational competence, asylum seeker & clinician perspectives | 41 asylum seekers from former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Kurdish areas of Middle East & Somalia in Finnish reception centres |
Omeri, Lennnings & Raymond [32] | Qualitative | Access, use & appropriateness of mental & physical health services | 25 general & 13 key informant Afghan immigrants & refugees in NSW, Australia |
Ross-Sheriff [33] | Qualitative | Women's experiences before & during war & exile | 60 repatriated Afghan refugee women in Kabul |
Sondergaard, Ekblad & Theorell [34] | -LED | Life events, ongoing difficulties & self reported health | 86 refugees from Iraq (Arabic & Sorani speakers) in Stockholm |
Taloyan et al [35] | Swedish National Survey & Level of Living Survey data | Association between ethnicity, poor self reported health, psychological distress, sleeping difficulties & use of psychotropic drugs | Immigrant Kurdish men & native Swedish men living in Sweden |