Mangrio Elisabeth, Grahn Mathias, Zdravkovic Slobodan, Cuadra Carin
Faculty of Health and Society, Department of Care Science, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare [MIM], Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 Jul 7;2(7):e0000362. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000362. eCollection 2022.
Previous research indicates that social relations have an impact on the well-being of refugees and that well-being is important for effective integration into the host country. Few studies in Sweden have, to the best of our knowledge, looked at the association between social relations and mental ill-health among newly arrived refugees. The aim is to investigate what effect social relations have on the mental health of newly arrived refugees in the south of Sweden.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Scania, the southernmost county of Sweden, between February 2015 and February 2016. The study population consisted of newly arrived adult refugees speaking Dari or Arabic, who received the civic and health information that is part of an introduction course for all newly arrived refugees.
Individuals who rarely met with friends had higher odds of experiencing mental ill-health [OR = 1.70, 95% CI, 1.03-2.82] than individuals who frequently spent time with friends. Furthermore, individuals who seldom attended social/community meetings or activities in an organisation or group, such as a sports association or another kind of association, a church, a mosque, or women's or men's meetings, had higher odds of mental ill-health (OR = 1.58, 1.1-2.28), compared to those who frequently did so.
The study suggests a link between spending time with friends, as well as engaging in social/community activities, and the mental health of newly arrived refugees in the southernmost county of Sweden, which is one of the counties in Sweden that received the highest number of refugees. The results are in line with a previous study on the same subject in Sweden.
先前的研究表明，社会关系会对难民的幸福感产生影响，而幸福感对于有效融入东道国至关重要。据我们所知，瑞典很少有研究探讨新抵达难民的社会关系与心理健康问题之间的关联。本研究旨在调查社会关系对瑞典南部新抵达难民的心理健康有何影响。
2015年2月至2016年2月期间，在瑞典最南部的斯科讷省开展了一项横断面研究。研究对象为新抵达的成年难民，他们讲达里语或阿拉伯语，接受了作为所有新抵达难民入门课程一部分的公民和健康信息。
与经常与朋友相处的人相比，很少与朋友见面的人出现心理健康问题的几率更高[比值比（OR）=1.70，95%置信区间（CI）为1.03 - 2.82]。此外，很少参加组织或团体的社交/社区会议或活动（如体育协会或其他类型的协会、教堂、清真寺、或男女聚会）的人，与经常参加的人相比，出现心理健康问题的几率更高（OR = 1.58，1.1 - 2.28）。
该研究表明，在瑞典接收难民数量最多的省份之一、最南部的斯科讷省，与朋友相处以及参与社交/社区活动与新抵达难民的心理健康之间存在联系。研究结果与瑞典此前关于同一主题的一项研究一致。
