Table 1.
Characteristics of the intervention & control groups at baseline
| Intervention group | Control group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 38 | 38 | |
| Age (years), Mean (SD) | 33 (10.4) | 33 (10.7) | |
| Female, N (%) | 12 (32) | 16 (42) | |
| Ethnicity, N (%) | Arab | 25 (66) | 26 (68) |
| Kurd | 12 (32) | 13 (34) | |
| Stayed in any transit country, N (%) | 26 (68) | 23 (61) | |
| Marital status (married), N (%) | 19 (50) | 24 (63) | |
| Have children, N (%) | 22 (57) | 19 (50) | |
| Number of children, Mean (SD) | 1.6 (1.9) | 1.9 (2.0) | |
| Education (years), Mean (SD) | 10 (4.8) | 10 (4.4) | |
| Self-reported health, N (%) | Poor | 11 (29) | 9 (24) |
| Neither | 15 (39) | 14 (37) | |
| Good | 12 (32) | 15 (39) | |
| Self-reported diseases and daily use of medication, N (%) | |||
| Physical or psychological illness that impairs daily life at least 1 year | 15 (39) | 18 (47) | |
| Physical pain more > 6 months | 13 (34) | 19 (50) | |
| Never do exercise | 20 (53) | 20 (53) | |
| Rheumatic arthritis | 5 (13) | 3 (8) | |
| Joint disease | 9 (24) | 13 (34) | |
| Mental health problems you have sought help for | 16 (42) | 9 (24) | |
| Headache | 14 (37) | 13 (34) | |
| Daily use of painkillers | 5 (13) | 4 (11) | |
| Daily use of psychotropics | 3 (8) | 1 (3) | |
| Study outcomes | |||
| Impact Event Scale Revised (IES-R), Mean (SD) | Intrusion (8–32) | 17 (5.9) | 16 (6.3) |
| Avoidance (8–32) | 19 (5.3) | 19 (4.9) | |
| Hyper-arousal (6–24) | 13 (4.6) | 13(4.9) | |
| Exposure to stressful events, N (%) | 38 (100) | 38 (100) | |
| IES-R scores ≥ 37, N (%) | 30 (79) | 28 (74) | |
| BPI scores | Having pain today (yes), N (%) | 29 (76) | 32 (84) |
| Pain intensity (1–10), Mean (SD) | 3.6 (1.9) | 3.6 (1.7) | |
| Pain interference (1–10), Mean (SD) | 4.4 (1.9) | 3.8 (2.3) | |
| GHQ-12 (0–36), Mean (SD) | 17 (6.5) | 15 (6.9) | |
| GHQ-12 scores ≥ 25, N (%) | 5 (13) | 3 (8) | |