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Well-being in a group of survivors 12 years after the Utøya terrorist attack

WELL-BEING IN A GROUP OF SURVIVORS 12 YEARS AFTER THE UTØYA TERROR INCIDENT

Twelve years after the Utøya attack, 11 of 13 people who had participated in a peer support group reported levels of well-being comparable to those of the general population.

The study aimed to examine well-being in a group of survivors 12 years after the 2011 Utøya terrorist attack. Following the attack, a peer support group was established in Tromsø at the survivors' request, and 64 meetings were held between 2011 and 2014. In 2023, 13 participants from this group were enrolled in a research project in which they would complete the World Health Organization Five-Item Well-Being Index (WHO-5 Well-Being Index), among other measures; the study was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics. The WHO-5 consists of five items assessing well-being, each scored from 0 to 5; the raw score, ranging from 0 to 25, is multiplied by 4 to yield a percentage score. All 13 participants completed the scale, with a mean score of 62.8; 11 scored above 48, indicating good well-being, while 2 scored below this threshold. The mean score was slightly below, but broadly comparable to, the mean reported in a representative population sample, and substantially higher than scores typically observed in patients with major depressive disorder or substance use disorder. The authors suggest that this may reflect processes of recovery and resilience, but note that the findings should be interpreted cautiously because the WHO-5 does not directly measure symptoms and the scores may conceal considerable individual variability.

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