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Table 1 Published studies of health and wellbeing in Afghan and Middle Eastern refugees and migrants

From: Selecting instruments for assessing psychological wellbeing in Afghan and Kurdish refugee groups

Author

Instruments

Outcome variables

Study participants

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

  1. Abbreviations of Instruments: BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; CAS = Cernovsky's Assimilation Scale; CBCL = Child Behavioural Checklist (modified); CPTSD-RI = Child Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index; CRI = Coping Resources Inventory; EMIC = Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue; GHQ12 = General Health Questionnaire 12; GHQ30 = General Health Questionnaire 30; HSCL25 = Hopkins Symptoms Checklist 25; HTQ = Harvard Trauma Questionnaire; ISSI = Interview Schedule of Social Interaction; LED = Life Events & Ongoing Difficulties; LRI= Life Regard Index; MOS = Medical Outcome Study; PDS = Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale; PTSS-C = Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children; SCL90R = Symptom Checklist 90; SF36 = Short Form Health Survey 36; SOC = Sense of Coherence Scale; WHOQOL100 = WHO Quality of Life 100