Revista Espanola de Salud Publica
Volume 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-508

Methodology and fieldwork logistics of a multilevel research study on the influence of neigbourdhood's characteristics on natives and Ecuadorian's mental health in Spain [Metodología y logística de campo de un estudio multinivel sobre la influencia en España de las características medioambientales en la salud mental de población autóctona y ecuatoriana inmigrante] (Article)

Del Arco D.A. , De Ramales A.L.G. , Del Amo Valero J. , García-Fulgueiras A. , García-Pina R. , García-Ortuzar V. , Rodríguez-Arenas M.A. , Alvear L.M. , Ibáñez-Rojo V. , Del Peral D.D. , Vera I.J. , Liria A.F. , Pastor M.V.Z.
  • a Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, C/ Sinesio Delgado no 6, 28029 Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
  • b Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, C/ Sinesio Delgado no 6, 28029 Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
  • c Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, C/ Sinesio Delgado no 6, 28029 Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos I, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
  • d CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Servicio de Epidemiología, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Murcia, Spain
  • e CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Servicio de Epidemiología, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Murcia, Spain
  • f CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Servicio de Epidemiología, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Murcia, Spain
  • g CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
  • h Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
  • i Hospital de Día, Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almería, Spain
  • j Hospital de Día, Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almería, Spain
  • k Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, C/ Sinesio Delgado no 6, 28029 Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
  • l Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
  • m Departamento de Medicina Social y Preventiva, Universidad de Montreal, Canada

Abstract

The methodological design, characteristics and fieldwork stage of a multilevel research study on the impact of the environmental characteristics on mental health in an autochthonous and immigrant population are described in this paper. Individual data were obtained using a core questionnaire 40 minutes length from home interviews of Spanish and Ecuadorian adults from September 2006 to January 2007. A random sample of 1186 people aged 18-55, with equal distribution of gender and nationality was obtained from Civil Registers of 33 areas (municipalities or neighbourhoods) of Madrid, Alicante, Almeria and Murcia, chosen by ethnic density and socioeconomic criteria. Previously, a pilot study was carried out. Socioeconomic indicators of neighbourhoods and selected communities were obtained from Municipal Registers and other secondary sources. Finally, 1144 people were interviewed (96%). Each person was contacted at home at two different times. The global response rate was 61%, higher among Ecuadorians (69%), who presented more problems of localisation (34%). Analyzing methods and fieldwork process the conclusion is that sample strategies for this type of population studies should be evaluated using feasibility criteria given time and money constraints, against the need to obtain representative samples of the target populations. There were serious shortcomings in the availability of social integration indicators at the neighbourhood level.

Author Keywords

multilevel analysis emigrants and immigrants Mental disorders Sampling studies

Index Keywords

Ecuador demography human epidemiology middle aged ethnology Mental Disorders Residence Characteristics mental disease Young Adult Humans Adolescent male Spain female Article adult migration Epidemiologic Research Design Transients and Migrants
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ISSN: 11355727
Cited by: 4
Original Language: Spanish