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P-585 - Depression and Anxiety in Elderly Immigrants in Germany - a Transcultural Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

I. Bermejo ,
L. Kriston ,
L.P. Hölzel  and
M. Härter
I. Bermejo
Affiliation:
Celenus Kliniken GmbH, Offenburg, Germany
L. Kriston
Affiliation:
Institute and Policlinic for Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
L.P. Hölzel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
M. Härter
Affiliation:
Institute and Policlinic for Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

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Background:

The association between migration and mental health remains unclear. To ensure an adequate health care of migrants, differentiated information on the association of migration and cultural background and mental disorders is necessary.

Method:

Cross-sectional study on depression and anxiety of migrants from Turkey, Italy, Spain, and ethnic German resettled from the states of the former Soviet Union (n = 435). Questionnaires were distributed by non-health specific counselling agencies of welfare associations and migrants’ self-organisations.

Results:

High rates of anxiety (anxiety: 43.2%; generalised anxiety disorder: 23.0%) as well as depression (minor depression: 20.4%; major depression: 15.8%) were found. the Turkish migrants have the highest degrees of symptoms, whereas the Spanish migrants have the lowest one. Logistic regression analyses show that retired migrants with lower school qualification and feeling unwell in Germany have a higher probability of suffering from anxiety or depressive disorders. Additionally, Turkish migrants show a higher likeliness for depression, than the other migrant groups.

Conclusion:

Our results suggest that migrants in Germany have a higher risk of current anxiety and depression than natives. the cultural background is an independent predictor for depression but not of anxiety.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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