The Association of Immigrant- and Non-Immigrant-Specific Factors With Mental Ill Health Among Immigrants in Sweden

Tinghög, Petter; Al-Saffar, Suad; Carstensen, John; Nordenfelt, Lennart

doi:10.1177/0020764008096163

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“…The high nonresponse rate in Germany could affect the results through self-selection bias insofar as mental health problems are more common among nonrespondents (cf. Tingho¨g et al, 2010). The selfreported health of the Polish immigrants observed in the study could therefore reflect an underestimation of the actual mental health status of this immigrant group in Germany.…”

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confidence: 73%

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Health-related quality of life and sense of coherence among Polish immigrants in Germany and indigenous Poles

Morawa

Erim

2015

Transcult Psychiatry

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Immigrants are faced with several impediments in the host country that may affect their quality of life (QoL), but little is known about the impact of these stressors as well as about the protective role of sense of coherence (SoC) in the context of Polish immigration to Germany. Health Related QoL (Short Form Health Survey SF-36) and SoC (Sense of Coherence Scale SOC-29) were assessed in a total sample consisting of 511 participants aged between 18 and 84 years (260 Polish immigrants in Germany and 251 indigenous Poles). Polish immigrants reported a significantly lower mental and physical health-related QoL than the German norm population, but they were comparable to native Poles. This result remained the same when the model was adjusted for age but physical health status was better for immigrants compared with indigenous Poles. Both groups scored significantly lower for SoC than Germans, but did not differ from each other. The main differences concerning the examined variables were with respect to the German norm population and are putatively shaped by culture.

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confidence: 73%

“…Other determinants that may have disadvantageously influenced the mental HRQoL of the female immigrants may be differences in the socioeconomic as well as occupational status and further immigration-specific factors like acculturation difficulties or discrimination (cf. Tingho¨g et al, 2010).…”

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Health-related quality of life and sense of coherence among Polish immigrants in Germany and indigenous Poles

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2015

Transcult Psychiatry

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“…Originally developed for non-traumatized populations, it was later adapted and widely used for evaluation among traumatized populations [26]. A 2009 study in Sweden showed that HSCL-25 had comparable results between subjects from a Scandinavian population and subjects from a population of immigrants from the Middle East [27]. This study suggested that HSCL-25 could be used for population surveys within multicultural groups in western Europe [28].…”

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Which DSM validated tools for diagnosing depression are usable in primary care research? A systematic literature review

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Background:Few clinical diagnostic tools to rule in or rule out depression have been validated in primary care. From a previous systematic review study, it became clear that in terms of research, a validated clinical diagnostic tool (effective, reliable and usable) was needed by European General Practitioner (GP) investigators in order to include patients for research studies in daily practice care and for cross-sectional studies between psychiatrists and GPs.

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“…The project's main aim was to investigate the influence of immigrant-and non-immigrant-specific factors on mental health (see further Tinghög et al 2009). The questionnaire was therefore quite extensive.…”

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“…Two of the variables were immigrantspecific and thus irrelevant for the native-born Swedish respondents. Further information about the construction of the variables can be found in Tinghög et al (2009).…”

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Cross-Cultural Equivalence of HSCL-25 and WHO (ten) Wellbeing Index: Findings From a Population-Based Survey of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Sweden

Tinghög

Carstensen

2009

Community Ment Health J

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25) and the WHO (ten) Wellbeing Index are cross-culturally equivalent by comparing Scandinavians with Middle Eastern immigrants in Sweden. The study population consisted of a stratified random sample of native-born Swedes and immigrants from Finland, Iraq and Iran. Both instruments loaded on a single factor in the respective populations. A few of the items did however not discriminate or predict equally well in the groups, nonetheless it was found to have marginally influenced the instruments' total scores in both groups. The analyses also revealed that the groups had similar intercept and slope when the exogenous factor traumatic episodes was used to predict the measurement scores, supporting scalar equivalency. In conclusion, the results support the use of these instruments in population-based surveys within multicultural Western societies.

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The Association of Immigrant- and Non-Immigrant-Specific Factors With Mental Ill Health Among Immigrants in Sweden

Abstract: These findings support the notion that mental ill health among immigrants is a multi-faceted phenomenon that needs to be tackled within a wide range of sectors - e.g. the healthcare system, the social service sector and, of course, the political arena.

Cited by 62 publications

References 48 publications

Health-related quality of life and sense of coherence among Polish immigrants in Germany and indigenous Poles

Health-related quality of life and sense of coherence among Polish immigrants in Germany and indigenous Poles

Which DSM validated tools for diagnosing depression are usable in primary care research? A systematic literature review

Cross-Cultural Equivalence of HSCL-25 and WHO (ten) Wellbeing Index: Findings From a Population-Based Survey of Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Sweden

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