Acculturation and health-related quality of life: results from the German National Cohort migrant feasibility study
| Autor: | Florence Samkange-Zeeb, Heiko Zimmermann, Katharina Reiss, Nico Dragano, Karin Halina Greiser, Hajo Zeeb, Lilian Krist, Oliver Razum, Tilman Brand, Thomas Keil, Heiko Becher, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Ute Ellert |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Turkey media_common.quotation_subject Health-related quality of life Immigration Separation (statistics) Psychological intervention Medizin 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Quality of life Immigrants Germany medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged media_common Transients and Migrants business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Mental health Acculturation Mental Health Health promotion Health Linear Models Quality of Life Feasibility Studies Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
| Popis: | We assessed the association between acculturation and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among persons with a Turkish migrant background in Germany. 1226 adults of Turkish origin were recruited in four German cities. Acculturation was assessed using the Frankfurt Acculturation Scale resulting in four groups (integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization). Short Form-8 physical and mental components were used to assess the HRQoL. Associations were analysed with linear regression models. Of the respondents, 20% were classified as integrated, 29% assimilated, 29% separated and 19% as marginalized. Separation was associated with poorer physical and mental health (linear regression coefficient (RC) = −2.3, 95% CI −3.9 to −0.8 and RC = −2.4, 95% CI −4.4 to −0.5, respectively; reference: integration). Marginalization was associated with poorer mental health in descendants of migrants (RC = −6.4, 95% CI −12.0 to −0.8; reference: integration). Separation and marginalization are associated with a poorer HRQoL. Policies should support the integration of migrants, and health promotion interventions should target separated and marginalized migrants to improve their HRQoL. |
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