Anales de Psiquiatria
Volume 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-71

Prevalence study in inmigrant population [Estudio de prevalencia en población inmigrante] (Article)

Sancho Rubio C.* , Lliteras Arañó M. , Vázquez M.D. , Del Agua Martínez E.
  • a Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza, Spain, Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Royo Villanova, Avda. San Gregorio, 30, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain
  • b Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza, Spain
  • c Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza, Spain
  • d Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza, Spain

Abstract

Aims: Evaluation of the prevalence of the pathology in immigrants people who go to the Health Center of Primary Atention. Methodology: Population inmigrants subjets who go to the health office reduring one year. Material and methods: It has been worked with socio-demographic and clinic variables. Results: It has been picked up 300 patients data according to their patology: -Sociodemografic variables: age: 32 years old of average, familiar structure is 4 people as anave rase, work situation: emploies 70 and 30% unemploies. -Clinic variables: first etiology mental diseases (19.33%), second etiology: locomotor apparatus (14%), third etiology: digestive apparatus (12.33%). Conclusions: Health inmigrant's profile is a young person without chronic diseases when they arrive, but with an excess of contagius diseases. The most usual diagnostic has been mental diseases above all the depresive-anxiety syndrome, it has been difficult for the doctor establish one causality relation thip. Copyright © 2006 Aran Ediciones, S. L.

Author Keywords

Inmigration culture Pathology

Index Keywords

controlled study human locomotion major clinical study work environment prevalence demography digestion Article employment mental disease immigration adult family
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ISSN: 02130599
Cited by: 1
Original Language: Spanish