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. 2023 Mar 24;23:197. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04679-y

Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of mental illness measured with RHS-13 in total and by sociodemographic characters, country of origin by World Bank GNI classification and by probability rate of being granted protection status in EU.

Mental Illness measured with RHS-13
Mild mental illness
(≥ 11–17)
Moderate mental illness (≥ 18–25) Severe mental illness (≥ 25) Any mental illness
(all ≥ 11)
No mental illness
(all < 11)
n = 74 n = 73 n = 124 n = 271 n = 295
% % % % %
Total 13.1 12.9 21.9 47.9 52.1
Sex*
Men 13.3 11.9 16.7 41.8 58.2
Women 12.7 14.6 30.7 58.0 42.0
Legal Status*
Asylum seeker 13.7 13.2 26.0 52.9 47.1
Quota and other refugees 11.7 11.7 12.3 35.7 64.3
Age **
14–25 13.1 11.5 15.3 39.9 60.1
26–35 15.3 17.1 17.1 49.4 50.6
36> 11.3 10.8 31.5 53.5 46.5
Country of origin by World bank GNI Classification*
Low 13.0 12.2 13.9 39.1 60.9

Lower-middle

Upper-middle and high

12.7

13.4

15.3

11.8

26.7

28.0

54.7 45.3
53.2 46.8
Probability rate of first-time recognition*
Low (0–39%) 13.8 14.1 24.1 52.0 48.0
Middle (40–79%) 11.0 11.0 30.5 52.5 47.5
High (80–100%) 13.2 11.6 8.5 33.3 66.7

*p value < 0.00, **p-value < 0.05