Table 5.
Differences in psychological symptoms measured with Check list of symptoms (SCL-90-R) among women aged over 16 years living in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina who experienced no domestic violence and victims of domestic violence*
| Psychological symptom (median, interquartile range) in women who |
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| experienced no domestic violence |
experienced domestic violence |
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| Psychological symptoms | domicile (n = 53)‡ | refugees (n = 5) | patients (n = 10) | total (n = 68) | domicile (n = 76)‡ | refugees (n = 45) | patients (n = 94) | total (n = 215)* | P† |
| Somatization | 0.50 (0.16-0.91) | 1.08 (0.33-1.41) | 2.41§ (0.56-2.85) | 0.58 (0.18-1.12) | 1.62 (0.91-2.41) | 1.25 (0.50-1.95) | 3.00§ (2.33-3.58) | 2.16 (1.16-3.08) | <0.001 |
| Obsessive-compulsive tendencies | 0.40 (0.20-0.95) | 1.30 (0.40-1.85) | 2.75 (1.57-3.20) | 0.60 (0.20-1.20) | 1.35 (0.72-2.17) | 1.40 (0.80-2.20) | 2.90 (2.30-3.30) | 2.16 (2.10-3.08) | <0.001 |
| Sensitivity | 0.66 (0.33-1.00) | 0.88 (0.38-1.61) | 2.61 (1.44-3.02) | 0.66 (0.33-1.30) | 1.44 (0.88-2.11) | 1.66 (1.00-2.44) | 2.50 (1.86-3.11) | 2.00 (1.11-2.66) | <0.001 |
| Depression | 0.38 (0.15-0.84) | 1.00 (0.76-1.50) | 2.07§ (1.28-2.92) | 0.53 (0.15-1.21) | 1.50 (0.84-2.23) | 1.30 (0.76-2.30) | 2.76§ (2.15-3.30) | 2.15 (1.30-2.84) | <0.001 |
| Anxiety | 0.30 (0.00-0.75) | 0.80 (0.55-1.85) | 2.65 (1.37-2.95) | 0.40 (0.10-1.17) | 1.10 (0.70-2.07) | 1.40 (0.80-2.15) | 2.85 (2.17-3.60) | 2.00 (0.90-3.00) | <0.001 |
| Hostility | 0.33 (0.00-0.50) | 0.83 (0.58-9.91) | 1.58 (0.83-2.16) | 0.33 (0.00-0.83) | 0.83 (0.37-1.45) | 1.00 (0.50-1.33) | 1.83 (1.16-2.66) | 1.16 (0.66-2.00) | <0.001 |
| Phobia | 0.14 (0.00-0.28) | 0.71 (0.21-1.42) | 2.07 (0.14-2.89) | 1.14 (0.00-1.00) | 0.71 (0.28-1.28) | 1.00 (0.64-2.00) | 2.42 (1.67-3.14) | 1.57 (0.71-2.57) | <0.001 |
| Paranoia | 0.33 (0.16-1.00) | 1.16 (0.83-1.41) | 2.08 (1.37-2.75) | 0.66 (0.16-1.33) | 1.50 (0.66-2.00) | 1.16 (0.66-1.75) | 2.25 (1.66-2.83) | 1.83 (1.00-2.50) | <0.001 |
| Psychosis | 0.10 (0.00-0.35) | 0.50 (0.15-1.05) | 1.75 (0.62-2.37) | 0.20 (0.00-0.67) | 0.60 (0.20-1.17) | 0.70 (0.30-1.00) | 1.80 (1.30-2.50) | 1.10 (0.40-1.90) | <0.001 |
| Extra scale | 0.42 (0.00-0.71) | 0.57 (0.57-1.35) | 1.78§ (1.00-2.35) | 0.57 (0.00-1.07) | 1.21 (0.75-1.85) | 1.28 (0.57-2.00) | 2.35§ (1.71-2.85) | 1.71 (1.00-2.42) | <0.001 |
| Global Score | 37.00 (15.50-61.50) | 83.00 (49.50-124.00) | 206.00 (128.00-230.25) | 44.00 (19.25-86.50) | 118.50 (72.50-168.50) | 118.00 (69.50-168.00) | 228.00 (181.25-272.00) | 161.00 (101.00-231.00) | <0.001 |
| GSI | 0.41 (0.18-0.68) | 0.92 (0.55-1.37) | 2.29 (1.42-2.55) | 0.48 (0.22-0.95) | 1.31 (0.79-1.87) | 1.31 (0.76-1.86) | 2.53 (2.02-3.02) | 1.79 (1.12-2.53) | <0.001 |
| PST | 23.00 (12.50-40.00) | 41.00 (30.50-56.00) | 67.00§ (49.75-80.25)) | 27.50 (15.50-48.00) | 53.50 (39.50-70.75) | 53.00 (41.00-67.00) | 78.00§ (69.75-84.00) | 68.00 (48.00-78.00) | <0.001 |
| PSDI | 1.41 (1.15-1.92) | 1.87 (1.66-2.24) | 3.02 (2.55-3.27) | 1.59 (1.23-2.19) | 2.15 (1.67-2.56) | 2.27 (1.78-2.62) | 3.04 (2.58-3.33) | 2.54 (2.04-3.11) | <0.001 |
*Check list of symptoms (SCL-90-R) (25). Abbreviations: GSI – Global severity index; PST – Positive symptom total; PSDI – Positive symptom distress index. Participants were divided into 3 subgroups domicile women (n = 129), refugee women (n = 50), and psychiatric patients (n = 104).
†Kruskal-Wallis test for women victims of domestic violence vs women experienced no domestic violence.
‡ P≤0.001 for domicile women victims of domestic violence vs domicile women experienced no domestic violence (Mann-Whitney U test).
§P≤0.05 for female patients, victims of domestic violence vs female patients experienced no domestic violence (Mann-Whitney U test).