Caritas Health Service Network and Sapienza University, Insegnamento di Filosofia della Psicopatologia, Sapienza University, Via C. Fea 2, Rome, Italy.
J Trauma Stress. 2010 Oct;23(5):615-22. doi: 10.1002/jts.20571.
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.
创伤经历和躯体化在复杂创伤的研究中是相关的，尽管这种关系在移民中很少被研究。本研究旨在探讨初诊移民患者躯体化与自我报告的创伤经历和创伤后症状之间的关系。该样本包括 101 名在专为移民提供的初级保健服务中心就诊的患者。参与者完成了两个专门为跨文化研究设计的自我评估问卷：布拉德福德躯体化量表和哈佛创伤问卷。这两个问卷都被翻译成八种语言，并进行回译。躯体化与创伤事件和创伤后症状显著相关。在移民的初级保健中心，医生应该特别关注躯体化，因为它可能是未报告的创伤后症状的一个迹象。
