The association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants: a population based study

BMC Public Health

Seppo Koskinen³  Tommi Härkänen³  Tapio Halla¹  Teppo Juntunen³  Jaana Suvisaari³  Sari Stenholm²  Päivi Sainio³  Päivikki Koponen³  Anu E Castaneda³  Shadia Rask³ 

[1] The Psychiatric Clinic for Immigrants, Tampere, Finland;School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland;National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

关键词: Population-based study;    Somatization;    Depression;    Anxiety;    Mobility limitation;    Migrants;   

Others  :  1159552
DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-1629-1

 received in 2014-08-19, accepted in 2015-03-11,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Research has demonstrated a bidirectional relationship between physical function and depression, but studies on their association in migrant populations are scarce. We examined the association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation in Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland.

Methods

We used data from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study (Maamu). The participants comprised 1357 persons of Russian, Somali or Kurdish origin aged 18–64 years. Mobility limitation included self-reported difficulties in walking 500 m or stair climbing. Depressive and anxiety symptoms were measured using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) and symptoms of somatization using the somatization subscale of the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL-90-R). A comparison group of the general Finnish population was selected from the Health 2011 study.

Results

Anxiety symptoms were positively associated with mobility limitation in women (Russians odds ratio [OR] 2.98; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.28–6.94, Somalis OR 6.41; 95% CI 2.02–20.29 and Kurds OR 2.67; 95% CI 1.41–5.04), after adjustment for socio-demographic factors, obesity and chronic diseases. Also somatization increased the odds for mobility limitation in women (Russians OR 4.29; 95% CI 1.76–10.44, Somalis OR 18.83; 95% CI 6.15–57.61 and Kurds OR 3.53; 95% CI 1.91–6.52). Depressive symptoms were associated with mobility limitation in Russian and Kurdish women (Russians OR 3.03; 95% CI 1.27–7.19 and Kurds OR 2.64; 95% CI 1.39–4.99). Anxiety symptoms and somatization were associated with mobility limitation in Kurdish men when adjusted for socio-demographic factors, but not after adjusting for obesity and chronic diseases. Finnish women had similar associations as the migrant women, but Finnish men and Kurdish men showed varying associations.

Conclusions

Mental health symptoms are significantly associated with mobility limitation both in the studied migrant populations and in the general Finnish population. The joint nature of mental health symptoms and mobility limitation should be recognized by health professionals, also when working with migrants. This association should be addressed when developing health services and health promotion.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Rask et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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