Health-Related Quality of Life Among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Settled in a Norwegian Municipality.

IF 2 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma Pub Date : 2025-03-08 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1007/s40653-025-00698-x

Oda Marie Heimli, Ingrid Kvestad, Tormod Bøe, Marit Hjellset Larsen, Nawar Sayyad, Sølve Randal, Kristin Gärtner Askeland

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Abstract

The study aimed to examine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a group of unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) and to investigate associations between HRQoL and potential risk and protective factors. The sample includes 79 URMs aged 15 to 20 (83.3% male; 80% response rate) who responded to the KIDSCREEN-27 as a measure of HRQoL. URMs reported lower scores on the HRQoL Index (d = 0.5), physical well-being (d = 0.8), psychological well-being (d = 0.7), autonomy and caregiver relations (d = 0.5), and peers and social support (d = 0.5), but not school environment (d = 0.04) compared to European population norms. Participants with fewer symptoms of depression had better HRQoL across all dimensions, and URMs with fewer post-traumatic symptoms and less frequent contact with contact persons reported better psychological well-being. All effect sizes ranged from small to medium. Contact with family in the home country was not significantly associated with HRQoL. Potential traumatic events were negatively associated with psychological well-being and peers and social support in post-hoc analyses. To conclude, URMs presented lower HRQoL than European population norms, and HRQoL was related to their reported mental health symptoms.

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在挪威某市定居的举目无亲的未成年难民的健康相关生活质量。

该研究旨在检查一组无人陪伴的未成年难民（URMs）的健康相关生活质量（HRQoL），并调查HRQoL与潜在风险和保护因素之间的关系。样本包括79名年龄在15至20岁之间的urm（83.3%为男性，80%的回复率），他们对KIDSCREEN-27作为HRQoL的测量有反应。urm报告的HRQoL指数（d = 0.5），身体健康（d = 0.8），心理健康（d = 0.7），自主性和照顾者关系（d = 0.5），同伴和社会支持（d = 0.5）得分较低，但与欧洲人口标准相比，学校环境（d = 0.04）得分较低。抑郁症状较少的参与者在所有维度上都有更好的HRQoL，创伤后症状较少和与联系人接触较少的urm报告了更好的心理健康。所有的效应量从小到中等不等。与母国家人的联系与HRQoL无显著相关。在事后分析中，潜在创伤事件与心理健康、同伴和社会支持呈负相关。总之，urm的HRQoL低于欧洲人群标准，并且HRQoL与他们报告的心理健康症状有关。

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Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Underpinned by a biopsychosocial approach, the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma presents original research and prevention and treatment strategies for understanding and dealing with symptoms and disorders related to the psychological effects of trauma experienced by children and adolescents during childhood and where the impact of these experiences continues into adulthood. The journal also examines intervention models directed toward the individual, family, and community, new theoretical models and approaches, and public policy proposals and innovations. In addition, the journal promotes rigorous investigation and debate on the human capacity for agency, resilience and longer-term healing in the face of child and adolescent trauma. With a multidisciplinary approach that draws input from the psychological, medical, social work, sociological, public health, legal and education fields, the journal features research, intervention approaches and evidence-based programs, theoretical articles, specific review articles, brief reports and case studies, and commentaries on current and/or controversial topics. The journal also encourages submissions from less heard voices, for example in terms of geography, minority status or service user perspectives. Among the topics examined in the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma: The effects of childhood maltreatment Loss, natural disasters, and political conflict Exposure to or victimization from family or community violence Racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation or class discrimination Physical injury, diseases, and painful or debilitating medical treatments The impact of poverty, social deprivation and inequality Barriers and facilitators on pathways to recovery The Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma is an important resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and academics whose work is centered on children exposed to traumatic events and adults exposed to traumatic events as children.