Comparative study of mental health and quality of life in long term refugees and host populations in Oru-Ijebu, Southwest Nigeria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Akinyemi, Oluwaseun O ^a   Owoaje, Eme T ^b   Ige, Olusimbo K ^a   Popoola, Oluwafemi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Mental health; Nigeria; Quality of Life; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864332650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-394     Document Type: Article

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