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Table 4 Prevalence of mental disorders in refugees and the matched Australian-born group

From: The mental health status of refugees and asylum seekers attending a refugee health clinic including comparisons with a matched sample of Australian-born residents

 

K10 -Depression dominanta % (n)

K10 - Anxiety Dominantb % (n)

K10 –Mixedc % (n)

PTSD-monthd % (n)

PTSD-lifetimed % (n)

Missinge % (n)

None % (n)

Refugee clinic sample (n = 134)

0.7 (1)

3.7 (5)

46.3 (62)

22.4 (30)

30.6 (41)

3.0 (4)

44.0 (59)

Australian-born matched sample (n = 535)

2.4 (13)

3.2 (17)

10.5 (56)

5.0 (27)

13.8 (74)

-

72.7 (389)

  1. Note. 4 comparators matched to 133 refugees and 3 comparators matched to one refugee. One refugee subject had no found matched comparators and was removed from this analysis. K10 results positive for a mental disorder (K10 > 19) were further broken down into
  2. aDepression dominant measured by K10-depression > =12 and K10-anxiety <8
  3. bAnxiety dominant measured by K10-anxiety > =8 and K10-depression <12
  4. cMixed measured by K10-anxiety > =8 and K10-depression > =12
  5. dPTSD screened in the refugee sample using the PTSD-8 and classified in the Australian-born matched sample using ICD–10 criteria
  6. eUnable to complete the PTSD-8 due to distress
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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