PMID: 19114942Jun 1, 2004Paper

Specific differences in trauma related symptoms between the refugees survivors of torture and refugees of war

Psychiatria Danubina
Abdulah KucukalićAlma Dzubur-Kulenović

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine specific differences in trauma related symptoms in a group of subjects who were survivors of torture and displacement compared with a group of subjects who survived displacement as a consequence of state sponsored violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The subjects were divided in two groups of 50 adult survivors; one group comprising of 50 survivors of displacement and torture, the other group of 50 survivors of displacement who did not experience torture. The age range of the subjects was between 20 and 60. The groups were homogenous according to all other criteria. The exclusion criteria were prior psychiatric history and the experience of a loss of secondary family (spouse or child). All subjects were assessed using the standardized multidimensional instrument for symptom assessment, SCL 90-R (L.R.Derogatis, 1986). Mississippi Questionnaire, (Keane et al. 1988), was used for assessment of symptoms of PTSD. Sociodemographic questionnaire designed by the authors was used for registering of the sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects. The results of our study show a statistically significant difference in trauma related symptoms between a group of subjects who were refugees with the...Continue Reading

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