dc.contributor.author
Krist, Lilian
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Dornquast, Christina
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Reinhold, Thomas
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Becher, Heiko
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Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
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Schmidt, Börge
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Schramm, Sara
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Icke, Katja
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Danquah, Ina
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Willich, Stefan N.
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Keil, Thomas
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Brand, Tilman
dc.date.accessioned
2021-09-10T10:19:55Z
dc.date.available
2021-09-10T10:19:55Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/31918
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-31649
dc.description.abstract
Health-related quality of life (HRQL) among migrant populations can be associated with acculturation (i.e., the process of adopting, acquiring and adjusting to a new cultural environment). Since there is a lack of longitudinal studies, we aimed to describe HRQL changes among adults of Turkish descent living in Berlin and Essen, Germany, and their association with acculturation. Participants of a population-based study were recruited in 2012-2013 and reinvited six years later to complete a questionnaire. Acculturation was assessed at baseline using the Frankfurt acculturation scale (integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization). HRQL was assessed at baseline (SF-8) and at follow-up (SF-12) resulting in a physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) sum score. Associations with acculturation and HRQL were analyzed with linear regression models using a time-by-acculturation status interaction term. In the study 330 persons were included (65% women, mean age ± standard deviation 43.3 ± 11.8 years). Over the 6 years, MCS decreased, while PCS remained stable. While cross-sectional analyses showed associations of acculturation status with both MCS and PCS, temporal changes including the time interaction term did not reveal associations of baseline acculturation status with HRQL. When investigating HRQL in acculturation, more longitudinal studies are needed to take changes in both HRQL and acculturation status into account.
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dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
health-related quality of life
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dc.subject
acculturation
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.title
Association of Acculturation Status with Longitudinal Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life—Results from a Cohort Study of Adults with Turkish Origin in Germany
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
2827
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.3390/ijerph18062827
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
6
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
MDPI AG
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
18
refubium.affiliation
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pmid
33802126
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1660-4601