Weissflog Gregor, Klinitzke Grit, Hinz Andreas
Universität Leipzig, Department für Psychische Gesundheit, Selbstständige Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Leipzig. gregor.weissfl
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2011 Mar;61(3-4):133-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1253416. Epub 2010 Jun 16.
Political persecution was and is a reality in our world. The study investigated effects of political imprisonment in the former German Democratic Republic on the current health-related quality of life and on the existence of a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A sample of 157 former political prisoners was surveyed with a questionnaire containing the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the IES-R.
Former political prisoners of the GDR reported a lower quality of life than the general population. There is no consistent impact of imprisonment-related variables (e. g. duration of imprisonment) on health-related quality of life. At least, based on questionnaire data it can be estimated that 50% of the people in the sample suffer from a PTSD.
The results provide further evidence that former political prisoners suffer from the traumatic experience of political persecution also in a long term.
政治迫害在我们的世界中过去是、现在仍然是一个现实。该研究调查了前德意志民主共和国的政治监禁对当前与健康相关的生活质量以及创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)存在情况的影响。
对157名前政治犯样本进行问卷调查,问卷包含欧洲癌症研究与治疗组织生活质量核心问卷(EORTC QLQ-C30)和创伤后应激障碍自评量表(IES-R)。
前东德政治犯报告的生活质量低于一般人群。与监禁相关的变量(如监禁时长)对与健康相关的生活质量没有一致的影响。至少,根据问卷数据估计样本中有50%的人患有创伤后应激障碍。
结果进一步证明,前政治犯长期遭受政治迫害的创伤经历。