Expulsion from the Motherland: Association between Depression & Health-Related Quality of Life for Ethnic Rohingya Living with Refugee Status in Bangladesh
| Autor: | Rubel Hossen Sarker, Nidiorin Maybee, Shahoriar Ahmed, K M Amran Hossain, Lori Maria Walton, Feroz Kabir, S.M. Yasir Arafat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Refugee
Epidemiology Population Ethnic group Poison control Suicide prevention Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Injury prevention Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education Depression (differential diagnoses) education.field_of_study Depression business.industry WHO-QOL BREF Rohingya Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Practice Epidemiology in Mental Health Psychological state business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health : CP & EMH |
| ISSN: | 1745-0179 |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1745017902016010046 |
| Popis: | Background: The Rohingyas are an ethnic minority group from Myanmar who have experienced severe forms of violence such as murder, rape, humanitarian defilement and forcible expellation from their motherland. Exposure to trauma has a long-lasting impact on psychological well-being and Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL). Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of depression and association with HRQoL for Rohingya displaced persons. Methodology: This was a prospective, cross-sectional study in two refugee camps in Southern Bangladesh, with a structured and language validated questionnaire. Results: The study indicates the prevalence of depression was 70% (n=150 respondents), with 8.7% reporting “severe depression” in PHQ-9. WHOQOL-BREF scores were inversely associated with symptoms on the depression scale with a strong and significant correlation (r= 0.652; p Conclusion: There are higher incidence rates of moderate to severe depression than the population norms and low health-related quality of life than published population norms for Rohingya displaced persons living in refugee camps. Depression rates were inversely associated with HRQoL for Rohingya displaced persons living in refugee camps. Future research may consider the prevention of related medical issues for long term program implementation. |
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