Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Volume 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

Health-related quality of life among urban and rural to urban migrant populations in Lima, Peru [Calidad de vida vinculada a salud en población migrante rural-urbana y población urbana en Lima, Perú] (Article) (Open Access)

Márquez-Montero G. , Loret de Mola C. , Bernabé-Ortiz A. , Smeeth L. , Gilman R.H. , Jaime Miranda J.*
  • a Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración Carlos Vidal Layseca, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  • b Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Mental Health Working Group, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  • c Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración Carlos Vidal Layseca, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  • d Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
  • e Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States, Área de Investigación y Desarrollo, Lima, Peru
  • f Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Abstract

Objectives. To explore if there is a difference in the perception and self reported quality of life between rural-to-urban migrants and urban groups. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional study, secondary analysis of the PERU-MIGRANT study (PEru's Rural to Urban MIGRANTs Study). WHOQOL-Brief survey's global scores and per specifc domains obtained in the survey were compared using Kruskall-Wallis' test and assessing size effect. Results. A total of 307 subjects (62.2% migrants, 57% female, means age 47 years-old) were surveyed. Compared with the urban group, migrants reported lower quality of life both on the global scores as well as in psychological health and the living environment domains. Migrants reported a higher score on the physical health's domain. Conclusions. The impact of rural-to-urban migration on quality of life suggests a differential effect within its specifc domains.

Author Keywords

Internal migration Rural-urban migration Peru Developing countries Quality of life (source: MeSH NLM)

Index Keywords

male urban area female rural area health status cross-sectional study Peru Article population migration quality of life mental health human adult Social Environment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79955929559&doi=10.1590%2fS1726-46342011000100006&partnerID=40&md5=42ed3ea1f944f0f51af52ceab0120a6a
DOI: 10.1590/S1726-46342011000100006
ISSN: 17264634
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Spanish