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[Occupational Participation of Syrian Refugees with Posttraumatic Stress in Germany]
Uta Gühne1, Franziska Jung1, Susanne Röhr1
1Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP), Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät.
Objective:
Description of employment situation and search for determinants of employment depending on symptom severity in refugees with posttraumatic stress.
Methods:
Standardized interviews with 133 Syrian refugees (18 to 65 years) living in Germany with posttraumatic stress symptoms and exploratory data analysis.
Results:
27.1 % of the participants were employed; including 13.9 % women and 86.1 % men (p = 0.001). Links between mental health and employment can be shown (posttraumatic stress p = 0.039, depressiveness p = 0.020, somatisation p = 0.026). With regard to social support and type of trauma, as well as residence status and duration of residence, there were no differences between refugees with and without employment.
Conclusion:
The current analysis on the employment situation of a circumscribed group of Syrian refugees focuses on the importance of psychological symptom burden.
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