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Table 1 Sociodemographic and migration related factors, N = 353

From: Use of health care services among Syrian refugees migrating to Norway: a prospective longitudinal study

SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

BASELINE

FOLLOW-UP

Gender (n, %)

  

Women

181 (51)

-

Men

171 (49)

-

Age in years (median, IQR)

34 (27–41)

-

Native tongue (n, %)

  

Arabic

335 (95)

-

Kurmanji

15 (4)

-

Marital status (n, %)

  

Married

265 (75)

260 (75)

Number of children (median, IQR)

3 (2–4)

3 (2–4)

Education in years (median, IQR)

8 (6–10)

8 (6–9)

High health literacya (n, %)

195 (56)

23 (7)

High social supportb (n, %)

123 (35)

210 (60)

HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE

  

Good Self-rated health (n, %)

203 (58)

221 (63)

Poor self-rated health (n, %)

67 (19)

51(15)

Physical health (WHOQOL-BREF domain 1) (mean, SD)

13.7 (2.7)

15.6 (2.8)

Psychological health (WHOQOL-BREF domain 2) (mean, SD)

12.8 (2.7)

14.5 (2.3)

Social relationships (WHOQOL-BREF domain 3) (mean, SD)

13.7 (2.9)

15.3 (2.8)

Environment (WHOQOL-BREF domain 4) (mean, SD)

8.9 (2.4)

14.0 (2.2)

MIGRATION RELATED FACTORS

  

Time since flight from Syria at baseline in years (median, IQR)

5 (4–6)

-

Time since arrival in Lebanon at baseline in years (median, IQR)

5 (4–5)

-

Been in other transit country before Lebanon (n, %)

20 (6)

-

No residence permit in Lebanon at baseline (n, %)

242 (69)

-

Migrating alone to Lebanon (n, %)

55 (16)

-

Length of stay in Norway at follow-up in months (median, IQR)

-

14 (12–15)

Experience of pre-migration trauma (n, %)

135 (40)

-

  1. aHigh health literacy defined as scores ≤ 2 (Likert scale from 1 to 5). bHigh social support defined as > 2 on at least two of the seven ESSI items and a total score of > 18, range for ESSI 0–22.