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

@entity1 @entity308 @entity146 @entity1005 @entity148 @entity2531 @entity716 @entity3119 @entity130
AIM: The aim of this study was to determine specific differences in @entity130 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. SUBJECTS: 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 @entity146 history and the experience of a loss of secondary family (spouse or @entity1 ). METHODS: 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 @entity1005 . Sociodemographic questionnaire designed by the authors was used for registering of the sociodemographic characteristics of the subjects. RESULTS: The results of our study show a statistically significant difference in @entity130 related symptoms between a group of subjects who were refugees with the experience of torture and a group of subjects who were refugees only. The symptoms of @entity1005 are increased in survivors of torture to a degree that is statistically significant compared with the presence of @entity1005 symptoms in a group of refugees. @entity148 , @entity308 , @entity2531 , @entity3119 , phobic symptoms, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid and @entity716 are present to a statistically higher degree in a group of refugees survivors of torture than in the group of refugees. There is also a statistically significant difference between the groups in socio-economic status in the period after the war. Refugees survivors of torture have significantly worse socio-economic situation, probably due to impairment in social functioning in these subjects.
