Table 2.
Prevalence of somatic symptoms, symptoms of depression, and symptoms of PTSD as well as self-rated mental and physical health status, experiences of sexual violence, combat or exposure to a war-zone and captivity in recently arrived refugees in Germany stratified by suicidal ideation
| Participants with suicidal ideation n/N (%) |
Participants without suicidal ideation n/N (%) |
χ2 | Total n/N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somatic symptoms | ||||
| SSS-8 cut off > 11 | 84/168 (50%) | 89/389 (22.9%) | 40.303* | 173/557 (31.1%) |
| Symptoms of Depression | ||||
| PHQ-8 cut off > 9 | 121/170 (70.8%) | 100/393 (25.4%) | 104.077* | 221/563 (39.3%) |
| Symptoms of PTSD | ||||
| PCL-5 cut-off > 32 | 110/167 (65.9%) | 88/388 (22.4%) | 94.892* | 198/555 (35.7%) |
| Experiences of sexual violence | ||||
| yes | 87/170 (51.2%) | 117/390 (30%) | 22.926* | 204/560 (36.4%) |
| Combat or exposure to a war-zone | ||||
| yes | 59/171 (34.5%) | 117/393 (29.8%) | 1.243 | 176/564 (31.2%) |
| Captivity | ||||
| yes | 75/171 (43.9%) | 144/393 (36.6%) | 2.614 | 219/564 (38.8%) |
| M / SD | M / SD | t | Total M / SD | |
| Self-rated mental Health | ||||
| range 0–100 | 28.22 / 30.72 | 53.86 / 33.29 | 8.851* | 46.08 / 34.58 |
| Self-rated physical Health | ||||
| range 0–100 | 40.29 / 32.67 | 62.29 / 31.49 | 7.536* | 55.61 / 33.40 |
*p < .001