TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Italy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Somatoform Disorders/etiology
KW - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/complications/physiopathology
AU - M. Aragona
AU - E. Catino
AU - D. Pucci
AU - S. Carrer
AU - F. Colosimo
AU - M. Lafuente
AU - M. Mazzetti
AU - B. Maisano
AU - S. Geraci
A1 - 
AB - Traumatic experiences and somatization are related in studies on complex trauma, though this relation is rarely studied in immigrants. The relationship between somatization and self-reported traumatic experiences and posttraumatic symptoms in patients attending a primary care service for immigrants was studied. The sample consisted of 101 patients attending a primary healthcare service dedicated to immigrants. Participants completed two self-assessment questionnaires specifically designed for use in transcultural research: the Bradford Somatic Inventory and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Both were translated and back-translated into eight languages. Somatization was significantly related to traumatic events and posttraumatic symptoms. In primary care centers for immigrants, physicians should give particular attention to somatization as a possible sign of unreported posttraumatic symptoms.
BT - Journal of traumatic stress
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 5
CY - United States
DO - 10.1002/jts.20571
IS - 5
JF - Journal of traumatic stress
N2 - Traumatic experiences and somatization are related in studies on complex trauma, though this relation is rarely studied in immigrants. The relationship between somatization and self-reported traumatic experiences and posttraumatic symptoms in patients attending a primary care service for immigrants was studied. The sample consisted of 101 patients attending a primary healthcare service dedicated to immigrants. Participants completed two self-assessment questionnaires specifically designed for use in transcultural research: the Bradford Somatic Inventory and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Both were translated and back-translated into eight languages. Somatization was significantly related to traumatic events and posttraumatic symptoms. In primary care centers for immigrants, physicians should give particular attention to somatization as a possible sign of unreported posttraumatic symptoms.
PP - United States
PY - 2010
SN - 1573-6598; 0894-9867
SP - 615
EP - 622
EP - 
T1 - The relationship between somatization and posttraumatic symptoms among immigrants receiving primary care services
T2 - Journal of traumatic stress
TI - The relationship between somatization and posttraumatic symptoms among immigrants receiving primary care services
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 20931663
U3 - 10.1002/jts.20571
VL - 23
VO - 1573-6598; 0894-9867
Y1 - 2010
ER -