Quality of life and co-occurrence of health problems in poor people Conference Paper

abstract

  • The influence of quality of life in the co-occurrence between health problems and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was analyzed. The participants were 93 individuals in conditions of forced displacement in Colombia. The measure of the quality of life was composed of the units of consumption and the modified index of relative inequality. Other measures comprised the Davidson Trauma Scale and the General Health Questionnaire. In a structural equation model, it was observed that increasing quality of life reduces co-occurrence, and increasing the scores of PTSD augments co-occurrence, while other health problems have no influence in co-occurrence.

publication date

  • 2010-1-1

edition

  • 5

keywords

  • Colombia
  • Health
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
  • Quality of Life
  • Structural Models
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • health
  • posttraumatic stress disorder
  • quality of life
  • questionnaire
  • structural model
  • trauma

ISSN

  • 1877-0428

number of pages

  • 6

start page

  • 1505

end page

  • 1510