Participation of Turkish Migrants in an Epidemiological Study: Does the Recruitment Strategy Affect the Sample Characteristics?
| Autor: | Rahsan Yesil-Jürgens, Katharina Reiss, Karin Halina Greiser, Heiko Zimmermann, Oliver Razum, Nico Dragano, Martin Schlaud, Heiko Becher, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Hajo Zeeb, Lilian Krist, Florence Samkange-Zeeb, Tilman Brand, Thomas Keil |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Turkey Epidemiology Turkish Population Medizin Sample (statistics) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Germany Prevalence medicine Health Status Indicators Humans Generalizability theory Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine education Selection Bias Language Transients and Migrants education.field_of_study 030505 public health Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health indicator language.human_language Acculturation Geography language population characteristics Female Epidemiologic Methods 0305 other medical science Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 21:811-819 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1920 1557-1912 |
| Popis: | Migrants are often poorly represented in epidemiological studies which limits the generalizability of the results of population-based studies. This study aimed to assess whether a community-based sampling (CBS) of persons of Turkish origin leads to differences in the participants' characteristics compared to a register-based sampling (RBS). The two sampling strategies were used to recruit participants in three cities in Germany (CBS: n = 641; RBS: n = 578). We compared sociodemographic, migration- and health-related characteristics. Census data were used as an external reference. Lower German language skills and a lower acculturation status were more prevalent in the CBS than in the RBS. While age and sex adjusted obesity prevalence differed [CBS: 37.8 (33.6-42.4); RBS 30.0 (26.3-34.0); census data 19.1 (18.2-20.1)], most other health indicators were similar across the samples. In conclusion, the CBS approach led to a greater representation of persons of Turkish origin with lower language skills and lower acculturation status. Nevertheless, both recruitment strategies provided similar estimates of health status indicators. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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