Recently resettled refugee women-at-risk in Australia evidence high levels of psychiatric symptoms: individual, trauma and post-migration factors predict outcomes

Table 4 Proportion of women-at-risk participants reporting mental health symptoms, with means, standard deviations, and ranges: comparison with Sudanese^a (n = 15) and Burmese^b (n = 34) women who arrived through Humanitarian (201) or Refugee (subclass 200) visas

Pathology	Women-at-risk			Sudanese^a			Burmese^b
Pathology	Mean	SD (range)	%	Mean	SD (range)	%	Mean	SD (range)	%
Trauma^c	1.89	0.61 (1–3.4)	41^e	1.74	0.59 (1–3.1)	27^e	1.78	0.66 (1–3.6)	25^e
PTSD^c,d	1.89	0.61 (1–3.4)	20^f	1.74	0.59 (1–3.1)	13^f	1.78	0.66 (1–3.6)	13^f
Anxiety	1.55	0.60 (1–3.9)	29^g	1.63	0.64 (1–3.4)	33^g	1.39	0.34 (1–2.3)	21^g
Depression	1.72	0.58 (1–3.5)	41^g	1.69	0.56 (1–3.1)	33^g	1.72	0.56 (1–3.3)	41^g
Somatic	1.66	0.53 (1–3.6)	42^h	1.57	0.54 (1–3.3)	20^h	1.64	0.51 (1–2.8)	38^h

^aUsing split-group analysis of data from Schweitzer et al. [12]
^bUsing split-group analysis of data from Schweitzer et al. [13]
^cn = 32 for trauma symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder
^dPost-traumatic stress disorder
^ePercentage of participants with HTQ symptom scores ≥ 2.0 (symptomatic range)
^fPercentage of participants with HTQ symptom scores > 2.5 (indicates meeting PTSD diagnostic criteria)
^gPercentage of participants with HSCL subscale scores ≥ 1.75 (i.e., symptomatic range)
^hPercentage of participants with HSCL subscale scores ≥ 1.75

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