TABLE 1—
Characteristics of 23 Studies of Asylum Seekers' Exposure to Violence and Its Health Effects
| Characteristic | Studies, No. |
| Host country | |
| United States | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Asylum seeker origin | |
| Multiple countries/regions | 16 |
| Afghanistan | 1 |
| Americas | 1 |
| East Timor | 1 |
| Iraq | 1 |
| Kosovo | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 |
| Not reported | 1 |
| Study setting(s) | |
| Any clinic | 12 |
| Forensic clinic | 6 |
| Detention center | 6 |
| Community | 3 |
| Reception center | 2 |
| Study type | |
| Cross-sectional | 14 |
| Cohort | 4 |
| Population-based | 3 |
| Case–control | 1 |
| Randomized controlled trial | 1 |
| Sample method | |
| Convenience | 17 |
| Stratified random | 2 |
| Population study | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Sample size | |
| < 50 | 3 |
| 50–100 | 11 |
| 101–200 | 3 |
| 201–300 | 1 |
| > 300 | 5 |
| Asylum seekers in sample, % | |
| 100 | 19 |
| 79 | 1 |
| 68 | 1 |
| 50 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 |
| Types of violence examined | |
| Nonsexual physical | 22 |
| Torture | 16 |
| Sexual | 12 |
| Combat exposure | 4 |
| Suicide/self-harm | 7 |
| Homicide | 1 |
| Any premigration | 19 |
| Any postmigration | 6 |
| Postmigration interpersonal | 2 |
| Health correlates | |
| Any | 5 |
| Somatic health | 3 |
| Mental health | 3 |