title: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Syrian refugees in Turkey: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Refugees have had major challenges to meet their health care needs throughout history especially in war zones and natural disaster times. The health care needs of Syrian refugees have been becoming an increasingly important issue. We aimed to examine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and explore its relation with various socioeconomic variables among Syrian refugees, who sought asylum in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tent city. Sample size calculation yielded 352 and the participants of the study were determined randomly. Experienced and native Arabic speaking, psychiatrist evaluated the participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The frequency of PTSD was 33.5%. Through the binary logistic regression analysis, we calculated that the probability of having PTSD among Syrian refugees in our sample was 71%, if they had the following features: with female gender; being diagnosed with psychiatric disorder in the past; having a family history of psychiatric disorder; and experiencing 2 or more traumas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of our study suggest that PTSD among Syrian refugees in Turkey might be an important mental health issue in refugee camps especially among female refugees, who were exposed to 2 or more traumatic events and had a personal or family history of psychiatric disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University , Gaziantep , Turkey.
authors.forename: Gokay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alpak
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Feridun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bulbul
authors.forename: Eser
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sagaltici
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bez
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altindag
authors.forename: Alican
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalkilic
authors.forename: Haluk A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Savas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D013593:Syria / Q000208:ethnology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder; Syrian refugees; tent city