Reference | Prevalence PTSD | Prevalence depression | Prevalence anxiety | Measurement instrument | Study population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[13] | 4% | 3% | 5% | CIDI | 1161 Vietnamese refugees living on average 11 years in Australia |
4% (and 9% just after arrival) | 18% | 2% | criteria from the DSM- Third Edition (PTSD) and Present State Examination (depression and anxiety) | 145 Vietnamese quota refugees interviewed 3 years after resettlement in Norway | |
11% | 4% | Â | criteria from the DSM-Revised Third Edition | 86 Iranian and 70 Turkish asylum seekers (51%) and refugees living in reception centres (62%) in the Netherlands (70% less than 1 year) | |
[43] | 12% | Â | Â | Post-traumatic stress section of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule | 223 Cambodian refugees living 3 months to 10 years in New Zealand |
[24] | 15% | Â | Â | HTQ | 240 refugees, predominantly from former Yugoslavia, interviewed on average 10 months and 3 years after resettlement in Norway |
[44] | 18–33% | 21% |  | modified version of the Post-traumatic Symptom Scale (PTSD) and a questionnaire (depression) | 206 refugees from Bosnia-Hercegovina living in an asylum centre in Sweden |
[8] | 22% | Â | Â | HTQ | 157 refugees from Kosovo living on average 2 years in Canada |
[27] | 32% | 63% | 36% | HTQ (PTSD) en HSCL-25 (depression and anxiety) | 54 Somalian asylum seekers (76%) and refugees living in reception centres (65% less than 6 months) in the Netherlands |
[45] | 35% | 57% | Â | CIDI | 51 Afghan refugees living on average 4 years in the Netherlands |
[25] | 35% | 33% | 23% | CIDI (PTSD) and HSCL-25 (depression and anxiety) | 40 asylum seekers from 21 countries living on average 3 years in Australia |
[32] | 37% | Â | Â | CAPS | 86 Iraqi and Kurdish refugees recently resettled in Sweden |
[12] | 45% | 51% | Â | Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-revised (PTSD) and National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule (depression) | 124 Cambodian refugees living on average 8 years in the United States |
[46] | 50% | Â | Â | Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-Fourth Edition | 40 refugees from former Yugoslavia living on average 3.5 years in a refugee camp in Italy |
[47] | 61% | Â | Â | PDS | 129 Kosovar refugees studied immediately upon resettlement in the United States |
[48] | 63% | Â | Â | CAPS | 126 Bosnian refugees with a permanent residency status living for over 3 years (92%) in Australia |
[49] | 65% | 44% | 34% | PDS (PTSD) and Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventory | 842 refugees from Kosovo living in reception centres in the United Kingdom |
[26] | 86% | 88% | 80% | PTSD Checklist based on criteria from the DSM-Revised Third Edition and HSCL-25 (depression and anxiety) | 50 Cambodian refugees living on average 5 years in the United States |
[50] | 70% | Â | Â | PDS | 41 Bosnian refugees living in the United States |
[51] |  | 6% (just after arrival) – 2% (10 years after arrival) |  | symptom inventory | 608 Southeast Asian refugees living in Canada |
[52] | Â | 25% | 25% | HSCL | 180 Somali refugees (96%) and asylum seekers living on average 8 years in the United Kingdom |
[28] | Â | 29% | 15% | HSCL-25 | 129 Indochinese refugees living in New Zealand |