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Disability associated with exposure to traumatic events: results from a cross-sectional community survey in South Sudan.
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- Predisplacement Abuse and Postdisplacement Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms After Forced Migration Among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Thirty Years of Human Rights Study in the Web of Science Database (1990-2020).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Challenges in Accessing Health Care for People with Disability in the South Asian Context: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, trauma, and reconciliation in South Sudan.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2017Article
- Alcohol use in South Sudan in relation to social factors, mental distress and traumatic events.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a general lack of knowledge regarding disability and especially factors that are associated with disability in low-income countries. We aimed to study the overall and gender-specific prevalence of disability, and the association between exposure to traumatic events and disability in a post-conflict setting.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional community based study of four Greater Bahr el Ghazal States, South Sudan (n = 1200). The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) was applied to investigate exposure to trauma events. Disability was measured using the Washington Group Short Measurement Set on Disability, which is an activity-based scale derived from the WHO's International Classification of Disability, Functioning and Health.
resultsThe estimated prevalence of disability (with severe difficulty) was 3.6% and 13.4% for disability with moderate difficulties. No gender differences were found in disability prevalence. Almost all participants reported exposure to at least one war-related traumatic event. The result of a hierarchical regression analysis showed that, for both men and women, exposure to traumatic events, older age and living in a polygamous marriage increased the likelihood of having a disability.
conclusionsThe finding of association between traumatic experience and disability underlines the precariousness of the human rights situation for individuals with disability in low-income countries. It also has possible implications for the construction of disability services and for the provision of health services to individuals exposed to traumatic events.
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