@article{ref1,
title="Childhood maltreatment and mental and physical health in Haitian adults",
journal="Journal of nursing scholarship",
year="2004",
author="Martsolf, Donna S.",
volume="36",
number="4",
pages="293-299",
abstract="PURPOSE: To describe the prevalence of childhood maltreatment among Haitian adults and to examine its relationship to depression, general physical health, and quality of life. DESIGN: Descriptive exploratory. Participants were men and women 18 years of age or older who were seated in the waiting area of a hospital-based medical clinic in a medium-sized city in Haiti. The author collected these data while on a Fulbright fellowship to Haiti in 2003. METHODS: Two hundred fifty-eight participants completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Cohen-Hoberman Inventory of Physical Symptoms, Center for Epidemiologic Study-Depression Scale, and a visual analogue quality of life scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, multiple regression, and Student's t test. FINDINGS: Over half (60%) of the women and 85.7% of the men reported at least one type of childhood maltreatment at the moderate to severe level. Of the total sample, 53.9% had scores indicative of major depression and 43.9% reported an average score of &quot;somewhat bothered&quot; by 37 physical symptoms. Childhood maltreatment (each of five types) was related to physical symptoms and depression. CONCLUSIONS: Rates of childhood maltreatment were high in this sample of Haitian adults, and their childhood maltreatment was related to physical and mental health symptoms in adulthood.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1527-6546",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}