Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The current study explores the perceived quality of life of Syrian refugees who have entered the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Two hundred and seventy participants residing in refugee camps in the Erbil region in Kurdistan completed the WHOQOL-BREF, which measures Quality of Life (QOL) within four domai...
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| description | The current study explores the perceived quality of life of Syrian refugees who have entered the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Two hundred and seventy participants residing in refugee camps in the Erbil region in Kurdistan completed the WHOQOL-BREF, which measures Quality of Life (QOL) within four domains; physical, psychological, social relationships and environment. Syrian refugees in Kurdistan scored significantly lower for general population norms on physical health, psychological and environment QOL, and score significantly lower for physical health and psychological QOL for refugees in the Gaza strip. However, respondents in the current sample scored significantly higher on environment QOL compared to refugees in the Gaza strip, and significantly higher on all the QOL domains than those reported for refugees in West Africa. Finally, Syrian refugees in Kurdistan scored significantly higher than general population norms for social relationships QOL. The current findings provide the first report of QOL domain scores among Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan camps and suggest that social relationships and environmental QOL circumstances are relatively satisfactory, and that further investigation might be focused on physical and psychological QOL. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1d6b38634864a02afa8364ad05d8b032023-12-03T09:47:10ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592014-11-012e67010.7717/peerj.670670Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of IraqIzaddin A. Aziz0Claire V. Hutchinson1John Maltby2University of Leicester, Leicester, United KingdomUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, United KingdomUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, United KingdomThe current study explores the perceived quality of life of Syrian refugees who have entered the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Two hundred and seventy participants residing in refugee camps in the Erbil region in Kurdistan completed the WHOQOL-BREF, which measures Quality of Life (QOL) within four domains; physical, psychological, social relationships and environment. Syrian refugees in Kurdistan scored significantly lower for general population norms on physical health, psychological and environment QOL, and score significantly lower for physical health and psychological QOL for refugees in the Gaza strip. However, respondents in the current sample scored significantly higher on environment QOL compared to refugees in the Gaza strip, and significantly higher on all the QOL domains than those reported for refugees in West Africa. Finally, Syrian refugees in Kurdistan scored significantly higher than general population norms for social relationships QOL. The current findings provide the first report of QOL domain scores among Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan camps and suggest that social relationships and environmental QOL circumstances are relatively satisfactory, and that further investigation might be focused on physical and psychological QOL.https://peerj.com/articles/670.pdfRefugeesQuality of lifePsychological healthPhysical healthSyria |
| spellingShingle | Izaddin A. Aziz Claire V. Hutchinson John Maltby Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq PeerJ Refugees Quality of life Psychological health Physical health Syria |
| title | Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
| title_full | Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
| title_fullStr | Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
| title_short | Quality of life of Syrian refugees living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
| title_sort | quality of life of syrian refugees living in camps in the kurdistan region of iraq |
| topic | Refugees Quality of life Psychological health Physical health Syria |
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