Depression in middle-aged and older first generation migrants in Europe: Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Aichberger, Marion C.; Schouler‐Ocak, Meryam; Mundt, Adrian P.; Busch, Markus; Nickels, Eric; Heimann, Hannah; Ströhle, Andreas; Reischies, Friedel M.; Heinz, Andreas; Rapp, M.A.

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“…Anxiety, depression and an increased risk for psychotic disorders have been reported to be prevalent in some migrant populations (Odegaard 1932;Coid et al 2008;Silveira et al 2002;Aichberger et al 2010;Bhugra 2004). These findings are explained, at least to some extent, in terms of higher social adversity, migrant stress, social isolation, depression, loneliness and poor living conditions of the migrant populations.…”

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The psychic costs of migration: evidence from Irish return migrants

Barrett

Mosca

2012

J Popul Econ

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Within the economics literature, the 'psychic costs' of migration have been incorporated into theoretical models since Sjaastad (J Polit Econ 70:80-93, 1962). However, the existence of such costs has rarely been investigated in empirical papers. In this paper, we look at the psychic costs of migration by using alcohol problems as an indicator. Rather than comparing immigrants and natives, we look at the native-born in a single country and compare those who have lived away for a period of their lives and those who have not. We use data from the first wave of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing which is a large, nationally representative sample of older Irish adults. We find that men who lived away are more likely to have suffered from alcohol problems than men who stayed. For women, we again see a higher incidence of alcohol problems for short-term migrants. However, long-term female migrants are less likely to have suffered from alcohol problems. For these women, it seems that migration provided psychic benefits, and this is consistent with findings from other research which showed how migration provided economic independence to this group. The results remain when we adjust for endogeneity and when we use propensity score matching methods.Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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Section: Psychic Costs Of (Return) Migrationmentioning

confidence: 64%

The psychic costs of migration: evidence from Irish return migrants

Barrett

Mosca

2012

J Popul Econ

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“…It has been reported that immigrants are at greater risk for depression and dysphoric disorders, and that female immigrants with dysphoric disorders more often use secondary‐ and tertiary healthcare services than non‐immigrants 19, 20, 21. Thus, the inverse association with acute morbidity in certain ethnic groups could reflect a higher prevalence of psychosomatic disorders in this population.…”

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Clinical intuition ratings are associated with morbidity and hospitalisation

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SummaryObjectiveTo evaluate how the rating of the severity of sickness – as performed by the physician, nurse and patient – is associated with hospitalisation and acute morbidity.MethodsProspective observational study, performed in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital. Patients, physicians and nurses were interviewed separately after the first contact from 21 October through to 11 November 2013.ResultsOf 2426 presenting patients, 1861 were screened, and 1196 were included. A total of 299 (25%) were hospitalised, 504 (42%) suffered acute morbidity. In the univariate analysis, the physician's, nurse's and patient's rating of severity of sickness, expressed on a scale from 0 to 10, was significantly associated with hospitalisation (physicians: OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.50–1.73; nurses: OR 1.52, 1.41–1.64; patients: OR 1.16, 1.10–1.22), and with acute morbidity (OR 1.49, 1.40–1.59; OR 1.39, 1.30–1.48 and OR 1.05, 1.003–1.09 respectively). The area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic curves was 0.77, 0.72 and 0.61 for hospitalisation, and 0.72, 0.68 and 0.54 for acute morbidity. The interrater reliability was estimated by the intraclass correlation, which was 0.49 for physician/nurse, 0.17 for nurse/patient and 0.07 for physician/patient. In a multivariable analysis model consisting of age, male sex, ethnic origin, ratings of severity of sickness, symptoms, ability to go home and hospitalisation during the preceding 12 months, only age, and the physician's and nurses' rating of severity of sickness remained significantly associated with both outcomes.ConclusionThe first impression of severity of sickness was associated with hospitalisation and morbidity.

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“…In einigen Bereichen zeigt sich zudem, dass die gesundheitliche Lage von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund schlechter ist als die der einheimischen Bevölkerung. So gibt es Hinweise darauf, dass Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund ihren Gesundheitszustand subjektiv schlechter bewerten und auch die psychische Gesundheit in der Bevöl-kerung ohne Migrationshintergrund besser ist [4,[9][10][11]. Zudem nehmen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund manche Gesundheitsleistungen seltener in Anspruch [12][13][14][15].…”

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Die gesundheitliche Lage von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund und die Bedeutung des sozioökonomischen Status

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HintergrundNach Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamtes hat etwa ein Fünftel (20,5 %) der Bevölkerung in Deutschland (rd. 16,5 Mio. Menschen) einen Migrationshintergrund [1]. Von diesen sind zwei Drittel (65,9 %) selbst nach Deutschland zugewandert (erste Generation), ein Drittel (34,1 %) sind als Nachkommen von Zuwanderern in Deutschland geboren (zweite/dritte Generation). Die Mehrzahl der Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund (MMH) (57,0 %) besitzt die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit [1].Zwischen Migration und Gesundheit bestehen vielfältige Zusammenhän-ge. Lange Zeit war die Diskussion von der Annahme bestimmt, die Zusammensetzung der Gruppe der Zuwanderer sei nicht repräsentativ für ihre Herkunftsländer, sondern Ergebnis einer positiven Selbst-und Fremdselektion. Da sich eher jüngere und gesunde Menschen zur Auswanderung entschieden, sei die Gesundheit von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in der Regel besser und ihre Sterblichkeit geringer als die der aufnehmenden Gesellschaften (sog. healthy migrant effect) [2][3][4][5].Mit zunehmender Aufenthaltsdauer der Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland wurden aber auch

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Depression in middle-aged and older first generation migrants in Europe: Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Abstract: We found a higher prevalence of depression in first-generation migrants aged 50 years or older, together with relevant geographical variation. This difference was not due to other known predictors of depression in older age.

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The psychic costs of migration: evidence from Irish return migrants

The psychic costs of migration: evidence from Irish return migrants

Clinical intuition ratings are associated with morbidity and hospitalisation

Die gesundheitliche Lage von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund und die Bedeutung des sozioökonomischen Status

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