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Table 4 Comparison of psychosocial stressors by visa status

From: Measuring the health impact of human rights violations related to Australian asylum policies and practices: a mixed methods study

 

TPV refugees

(n = 70)

PHV refugees

(n = 60)

p-value

Medical Outcomes Study Social Support (MOS-SS) score [0–100 scale] (median)

28.1

45.3

0.01

Perceived constraints (PC) score [1–7 scale] mean, (SD)

4.6 (1.3)

4.0 (1.2)

0.003

STAXI score

   

   State-Anger score [10–40 scale] (median)

18.5

11.5

≤ 0.001

   Trait-Anger score [10–40 scale] mean, (SD)

21.8 (7.1)

20.7 (5.2)

0.3

   STAXI State/Trait Anger Ratio (geometric mean)*

0.90

0.64

≤ 0.001

  1. * Original STAXI State/Trait Anger Ratio scale was analyzed in logarithmic scale