Quality of life of Turkish patients with depression in Ankara and in Berlin

Akbıyık, Derya İren; Berksun, Oğuz E.; Sümbüloğlu, Vildan; Şentürk, Vesile; Priebe, Stefan

doi:10.1016/s0924-9338(08)70055-5

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“…Although a feeling of emptiness alone is not a substitute for a clinical diagnosis of depression, the finding that Turks of both generations and across all age groups had higher risks of feelings of emptiness may indicate a significantly higher risk for depression (Klonsky, 2008;Whelan et al, 2008), and is consistent with earlier findings suggesting a vulnerability to psychological pathology (Haasen et al, 2000;Iren Akbiyik et al, 2008). Although previous studies have suggested a curvilinear relationship between age and well-being, no clear agerelated trend was found for the emptiness variable in this study (Blanchflower and Oswald, 2008).…”

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“…Rather, Turkish immigrants have been reported as having higher morbidity rates especially at older ages (Lechner and Mielck, 1998;Marmor, 1988), and as having more exposure to occupational health risks (Razum et al, 2005). Turkish immigrants in Germany may also be more vulnerable to depression (Iren Akbiyik et al, 2008;Suzuki, 1981), and have a higher risk of developing psychiatric pathologies like schizophrenia (Haasen et al, 2000). Although the causes remain incompletely understood, past research suggests that lower educational and SES status (Constant and Massey, 2005;Ochs, 2006;van Doorslauer et al, 2006;Worbs, 2003), cultural barriers (Keller and Baune, 2005;Marmor, 1988), the stress associated with migration (Kirkcaldy et al, 2006;Razum et al, 2004), and a lack of health knowledge (David and Borde, 2000;Pette et al, 2004) are likely contributors to these health disparities.…”

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Physical and psychological health of first and second generation Turkish immigrants in Germany

Kotwal

2010

American J Hum Biol

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Recent studies in Germany suggest that first generation Turkish immigrants have lower mortality rates compared to native Germans. Conversely, studies examining morbidity, though not national in scope, have demonstrated that first generation Turks may have poorer health than native Germans. Additionally, little is known about the health of the emerging second generation Turkish population in Germany. To evaluate the discrepancy between mortality and morbidity trends and contribute to a better understanding of second generation Turkish immigrant health, this paper uses a nationally-representative dataset, including the 2005 German Gender and Generations Study (GGS) (n = 10,017) and the 2006 GGS Turkish supplement (n = 4,045), to assess three health outcomes: chronic illness, self-assessed health, and feelings of emptiness. The paper investigates whether sex, age, socioeconomic status, emotional support, or duration of residence in Germany predict these dimensions of health. Results establish clear health status differences between Turks and native Germans. Surprisingly, both first and second generation Turks tend to have lower chronic illness rates and rate their health as better than Germans at younger ages, but the advantage diminishes among higher age strata for the first generation. Feelings of emptiness results generally indicate an increased susceptibility to psychological problems for both generations of Turks. Controlling for socioeconomic status and age reduces these health differences modestly, pointing to their likely role as mediators. The relatively higher risks for all three health outcomes among Turkish females of both generations compared to their German counterparts suggest that female Turkish immigrants and their female offspring may be particularly vulnerable.

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Physical and psychological health of first and second generation Turkish immigrants in Germany

Kotwal

2010

American J Hum Biol

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“…We therefore believe that patients' perception of marital adjustment dictates, to a large extent, the QOL perceived by them, thereby making it imperative that provision of mental health care should start to be based on needs of care assessments, instead of following certain protocols or prescribed guidelines, and research in this field is necessary to better plan and organize mental health services. As evidence accumulates that marital status may play a significant role in mental health (Afifi et al, 2006;Akbiyik et al, 2008), it becomes extremely important to develop differing forms of care and other forms of help for informal carers because most of the burden of caring for people with severe mental illness in less-developed countries relies mainly on spouses.…”

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“…From the earliest studies that detected greater marital discord in marriages with a patient with SC (Weintraub, 1987) to current studies that have observed high rates of broken marriages and marital maladjustment in SC (Thara and Srinivasan, 1997a), the consensus is that marital adjustment dictates the course and the outcome of SC (Jablensky, 2009). Similarly, recurrent depressive disorders (RDDs) have been observed to have significant marital maladjustment (Akbiyik et al, 2008;Weintraub, 1987;Wells et al, 1989), with both outcome (Denton et al, 2010) and severity of depressive symptoms linked to severity of marital maladjustment (Heene et al, 2007;Waring and Patton, 1984). However, a study from similar settings in India observed poor marital adjustment in depressive disorders but found no evidence of its link to psychosocial functioning or QOL (Subodh et al, 2008).…”

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Quality of Life and Marital Adjustment in Remitted Psychiatric Illness

Pandey¹,

Saddichha²,

Khan³

et al. 2013

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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People with mental disorders experience impaired quality of life (QOL). In India, spouses form the most important caregiver for the patient and therefore impact the patients' QOL. However, relatively little is known about marital adjustment, which can definitely influence QOL of patients with mental illness. This study intended to explore marital adjustment and QOL among remitted patients with schizophrenia (SC), depression, and bipolar disorders (BPADs) and to study differences, if any, between the groups. Using a cross-sectional design, consecutive patients (N = 150) with an ICD-10-Diagnostic Criteria for Research diagnosis of SC, depression (recurrent depressive disorder [RDD]), or BPAD, who were currently in remission, were taken up for the study and administered the WHOQOL-BREF for assessing QOL and the Marital Adjustment Inventory for assessing marital adjustment, separately for the husband and the wife. The patients with SC reported poor QOL, whereas a better QOL was seen in those with BPAD and RDD, with significant differences noted between all three groups (p < 0.001). Marital adjustment was perceived to be poor by the patients but not so by the spouses. The greatest marital dissatisfaction was reported by the patients with SC (96%). A positive correlation was observed between the patients' perception of marital adjustment and QOL (p < 0.05). Provision of mental health care should take into consideration patients' possible perception of marital maladjustment and factor these into treatment strategies.

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“…There is broad consensus on the view that migration constitutes a stress factor for migrants as well as for those left behind [11] but there is no agreement in the literature whether migrants in general are at a higher risk for mental, specifically affective disorders or suicidal behavior [2,12,40,55]. In this context, Bhugra [9] pointed to the importance of the interaction of individual, group and societal factors in the genesis of depression.…”

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confidence: 99%