2013
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-013-9682-7
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Psychiatric Morbidity, Phenomenology and Management in Hospitalized Female Foreign Domestic Workers in Lebanon

Abstract: 40 million female domestic workers worldwide experience the inhumane conditions associated with this unregulated occupation, a situation that induces psychiatric morbidities in many. The case in Lebanon is not any better where it is estimated that one foreign domestic worker (FDW) commits suicide weekly. 33 female FDW and 14 female Lebanese (control group, CG) were enrolled. Brief Psychotic Rating Scale (BPRS) and Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scales were administered on admission and discharge and socio-de… Show more

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“…While the present study revealed the absence of any agreement with the housework/house maintenance-related PA, the domestic PA in other studies achieved the lowest corresponding ICC coefficients in comparison to the rest of the PA domains [22, 26]. This lack of agreement may be attributable to the irregular practice of these tasks, due to the common presence of domestic helpers in Lebanese houses [38]. …”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 77%
“…While the present study revealed the absence of any agreement with the housework/house maintenance-related PA, the domestic PA in other studies achieved the lowest corresponding ICC coefficients in comparison to the rest of the PA domains [22, 26]. This lack of agreement may be attributable to the irregular practice of these tasks, due to the common presence of domestic helpers in Lebanese houses [38]. …”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 77%
“…1028 articles were screened for eligibility, of which 253 were included in the full-text screening (figure 1). 36 studies21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 met our inclusion criteria for the systematic review (table) and 18 articles21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 38, 41, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54 were included in the meta-analyses.
Figure 1Study selection
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Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…All 36 studies included in the systematic review had a cross-sectional design, used a combination of qualitative and social research methodologies, such as interviews and surveys, and included data for 12 168 international migrants employed in 13 countries and territories: USA (n=17),21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 Singapore (n=3),38, 39, 40 Thailand (n=3),41, 42, 43 Italy (n=2),44, 45 Qatar (n=2),46, 47 South Korea (n=2),48, 49 United Arab Emirates (n=2),46, 50 Spain (n=1), 51 Saudi Arabia (n=1), 46 Hong Kong (n=1), 52 Lebanon (n=1), 53 Malaysia (n=1), 54 and Taiwan (n=1) 55 . Although country of origin and migrant number from different origin countries was not always reported, international migrants in the included studies originated from 25 countries: Ecuador, 51 Morocco,45, 51 Romania, 51 Colombia, 51 Thailand, 48 Vietnam,27, 48, 49 Philippines,25, 39, 47, 48, 53 India,38, 47, 50, 54 Bangladesh,38, 47, 50, 53 Pakistan,47, 50 Nepal,46, 47, 53, 54 Mexico,34, 37, 56 Guatamala,28, 34, 37, 56 Indonesia,39, 52, 54, 55 Ethiopia, 53 …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sexual, physical, and verbal abuse were detected in foreign domestic workers in Lebanon by Zahreddine's research (12.5, 37.5, and 50.0%, respectively); 66.7% of them were diagnosed with brief psychotic episode, with the mean duration of hospital stay of 13.1 days. Striking phenomenological findings among domestics were acute anorexia (39.4%), nudity (30.3%), catatonic features (21.2%), and delusion of pregnancy (12.1%) [72].…”
Section: Trauma Violence and Suicidal Ideationmentioning
confidence: 99%