Migration Stress-Related Challenges Associated with Perceived Quality of Life: A Qualitative Analysis of Iranian Refugees and Swedish Patients

Migration Stress-Related Challenges Associated with Perceived Quality of Life: A Qualitative Analysis of Iranian Refugees and Swedish Patients

The question of how quality of life is expressed and perceived by refugee patients seeking health care has been neglected in the literature. This pilot study examined perceptions of quality of life among Iranian refugees in Sweden. Fourteen Iranian refugees and eight Swedish primary health care pati...

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Published in:Transcultural psychiatry Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 329 - 345
Main Authors: Ekblad, Solvig, Abazari, Azra, Eriksson, Nils-Gustaf
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01-09-1999
Sage
Subjects:
Cognitive problems, arts and sciences, folk traditions, folklore
Ethnology
Ethnopsychiatry. Ethnopsychoanalysis. Ethnopsychology
Traditional sciences and medicine
Scandinavia
Sweden
North Europe
health
transcultural
refugees
quality of life
qualitative methods
immigrants
Qualitative research
Immigrant
Health
Patient
Refugee
Narrative analysis
Warfare
Migrant
Trauma
Stress
Swedish
Well-being
Cross-cultural comparison
Health Care
Quality of Life
Iranian
Cross-cultural psychiatry
Culture
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Summary:The question of how quality of life is expressed and perceived by refugee patients seeking health care has been neglected in the literature. This pilot study examined perceptions of quality of life among Iranian refugees in Sweden. Fourteen Iranian refugees and eight Swedish primary health care patients were interviewed using a qualitative method focusing on perceived quality of life. Among patients seeking health care, Iranians with war-related experiences, migration stress and refugee status perceived quality of life differently than Swedish patients. Of the six World Health Organization quality of life domains, three were mentioned by both study groups, although with different content. The observed differences may reflect narrative structures linking trauma, culture and quality of life at the individual level.
ISSN:1363-4615
1461-7471
DOI:10.1177/136346159903600307