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Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among Bosnian refugees

Thulesius, Hans LU and Håkansson, Anders LU (1999) In Journal of Traumatic Stress 12(1). p.167-174
Abstract
To assess the level of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among Bosnian war refugees, a consecutive cohort of 206 Bosnian refugees, arriving in Sweden in 1993, was screened for PTSD using a modified version of the self-report instrument PTSS-10. A comparison group of 387 visitors to seven Swedish health centers was recruited. Prevalence of possible PTSD, using two estimates, was 18 to 33% among the Bosnian refugees, and .3 to 1% in the comparison group. The PTSS-10 showed high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .92) and stability (test-retest reliability r = .89). Thus, Bosnian war refugees showed high levels of PTSD symptoms compared to a nonrefugee comparison group.
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  author       = {{Thulesius, Hans and Håkansson, Anders}},
  issn         = {{0894-9867}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{167--174}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Traumatic Stress}},
  title        = {{Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among Bosnian refugees}},
  url          = {{http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10027150}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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