Motivos de consulta y características sociosanitarias de la población inmigrante del Área de Salud de Toledo

García, R.; García, Manuel Soto; Villaverde, N. Pérez; Moreno, F.J. Alonso; Mesa, C. de Castro; Bajo, M.C. García

doi:10.1016/s1138-3593(05)72959-2

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“…Studies carried out in different settings coincide in that around 50% of the immigrants suffer or will suffer from these problems [14-16]. This has also been found in our setting in the studies undertaken in Catalonia about the reasons of consultation [2,17,18]. Thus, the numerous consultations for sleep disorders, myalgia, cephalea, impotence or unspecific abdominal or chest pains are examples of symptoms of psychosocial suffering and are interpreted as the development of disease within their own cultural beliefs.…”

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Level of distress, somatisation and beliefs on health-disease in newly arrived immigrant patients attended in primary care centres in Catalonia and definition of professional competences for their most effective management: PROMISE Project

Torán-Monserrat

Cebrià-Andreu²,

Arnau-Figueras

et al. 2013

BMC Fam Pract

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BackgroundNewly arrived immigrant patients who frequently use primary health care resources have difficulties in verbal communication. Also, they have a system of beliefs related to health and disease that makes difficult for health care professionals to comprehend their reasons for consultation, especially when consulting for somatic manifestations. Consequently, this is an important barrier to achieve optimum care to these groups. The current project has two main objectives: 1. To define the different stressors, the level of distress perceived, and its impact in terms of discomfort and somatisation affecting the main communities of immigrants in our area, and 2. To identify the characteristics of cross-cultural competence of primary health care professionals to best approach these reasons for consultation.Methods/DesignIt will be a transversal, observational, multicentre, qualitative-quantitative study in a sample of 980 people from the five main non-European Union immigrant communities residing in Catalonia: Maghrebis, Sub-Saharans, Andean South Americans, Hindustanis, and Chinese. Sociodemographic data, level of distress, information on the different stressors and their somatic manifestations will be collected in specific questionnaires. Through a semi-structured interview and qualitative methodology, it will be studied the relation between somatic manifestations and particular beliefs of each group and how these are associated with the processes of disease and seeking for care. A qualitative methodology based on individual interviews centred on critical incidents, focal groups and in situ questionnaires will be used to study the cross-cultural competences of the professionals.DiscussionIt is expected a high level of chronic stress associated with the level of somatisations in the different non-European Union immigrant communities. The results will provide better knowledge of these populations and will improve the comprehension and the efficacy of the health care providers in prevention, communication, care management and management of resources.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 74%

Level of distress, somatisation and beliefs on health-disease in newly arrived immigrant patients attended in primary care centres in Catalonia and definition of professional competences for their most effective management: PROMISE Project

Torán-Monserrat

Cebrià-Andreu²,

Arnau-Figueras

et al. 2013

BMC Fam Pract

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“…Los problemas por las que consulta el paciente inmigrante en el centro de salud [29][30][31] , son los mismos que las de la población autóctona 32 : problemas de infecciones respiratorias agudas (20%), osteomusculares (19%), cefalea (12%), de salud sexual y reproductiva (10%), digestivos (9%), accidentes (5%), y otros (incluyendo problemas de piel y síntomas y signos mal definidos (26%). En la figura 3 puede apreciarse la distribución de motivos de consulta de los inmigrantes en un estudio realizado en Centro de Salud de Vícar (Almería) y puede observarse que un porcentaje importante (16%) de la población inmigrante no acudió a la cita concertada; quizás por dificultades en relación a ausentarse del puesto de trabajo, o por haber mejorado de los síntomas que presentaba al solicitar la cita.…”

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El inmigrante en la consulta de atención primaria

Laso

2006

Anales Sis San Navarra

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In consultations at health centres, the GP, the paediatrician and the nursing staff have faced, above all since the end of the XIX century and so far in the XXI century, the fact of having to attend to a numerous population formed of people uprooted from their community, without close relatives in the majority of cases, with different languages and cultures, and with a different way of understanding health and illness. This article analyses this phenomenon and aims to improve the understanding of health professionals and contribute to improving care for the immigrant patient.

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“…A modo de ejemplo, en una muestra realizada en febrero del 2004 en la sección de urgencias médicas del Hospital Clínic de Barcelona se constató que el 6,5% de pacientes atendidos era PI. La edad media fue de 36 años con predominio del sexo femenino (60%), y las principales procedencias fueron Sudamérica en un 52%, el norte de África 15% y Asia en un 10%, de forma similar a la referida en otros trabajos de nuestro entorno 4,5 . En función de nuestros datos, la mayoría de PI (80%) tenía una situación administrativa regularizada y el 13% se encontraba en trámites.…”

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“…Después de todas las particularidades comentadas anteriormente cabe decir que, a pesar de ellas, el hecho que la PI que acude a los SUH es una población joven y en principio sana, explica que los principales motivos de consulta sean procesos agudos muy similares a los de la población autóctona de la misma edad de nuestro país [2][3][4][5]21,22 . Según los datos recogidos en el Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, los principales motivos de consulta médica de la PI fueron los síntomas inespecíficos (mareo, malestar general, astenia, dolor mal definido) en una tercera parte de los casos, los síntomas respiratorios en el 18%, el dolor abdominal inespecífico en el 11% o las lesiones dermatológicas en un 10%.…”

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Urgencias médicas del inmigrante adulto

Junyent

Núñez

Miró

2006

Anales Sis San Navarra

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RESUMENLa necesidad de atención médica de la población inmigrante crece en la misma proporción en que aumenta el número de inmigrantes residentes en España. En el presente trabajo se revisan las características sociodemográficas de la población inmigrante que consulta en urgencias y se discuten cuáles son las particularidades médicas (neurocisticercosis, tuberculosis, infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia adquirida, hepatitis, paludismo, parasitosis, síndrome de Ulises) y paramédicas (conocimiento de la tarjeta sanitaria, concepto de la medicina, barrera idiomática) que los diferencian de la población autóctona. No obstante, por tratarse de población joven, y en un principio sana, sus motivos de consulta no difieren en gran manera de la población general. Es de destacar la elevada satisfacción de esta población con la atención dispensada en los servicios de urgencias hospitalarios.Palabras clave. Inmigrantes. Urgencias hospitalarias. ABSTRACTThe need for medical care of the immigrant population is growing in proportion to the increase in the number of immigrants resident in Spain. This article reviews the socio-demographic characteristics of the immigrant population that come for consultations in the emergency services and discusses those particularities, both medical (neurocysticercosis, tuberculosis, infection by the AIDS virus, hepatitis, malaria, parasitosis, Ulysses syndrome) and paramedical (knowledge of the health card, concept of medicine, language barrier), that differentiate them from the native population. Nonetheless, since we are dealing with a young population that is in principle healthy, their reasons for consultation do not greatly differ from the general population. It is worth drawing attention to the high level of satisfaction of this population with the care afforded them in the hospital emergency services.

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Motivos de consulta y características sociosanitarias de la población inmigrante del Área de Salud de Toledo

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Level of distress, somatisation and beliefs on health-disease in newly arrived immigrant patients attended in primary care centres in Catalonia and definition of professional competences for their most effective management: PROMISE Project

Level of distress, somatisation and beliefs on health-disease in newly arrived immigrant patients attended in primary care centres in Catalonia and definition of professional competences for their most effective management: PROMISE Project

El inmigrante en la consulta de atención primaria

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