Wijesinghe C P, Clancy D J
Footscray Psychiatric Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1991 Sep;25(3):350-7. doi: 10.3109/00048679109062636.
Comparison is made between migrant (n = 332) and Australian-born (n = 242) schizophrenic outpatients attending a regional psychiatric hospital. Age-corrected rates show that migrants are over-represented. The migrant patient-group was older, developed the illness later, and had a higher proportion of females. More female migrant patients had developed the illness before arrival and in the first five years after migration compared to males whose peak incidence was between 11 and 15 years after arrival. Migrant patients showed greater family cohesion. On broad socio-economic indices, illness characteristics and treatment received, no significant differences emerged. In many respects patients born in U.K. and Ireland resembled the Australian-born.
对一家地区精神病医院的移民精神分裂症门诊患者（n = 332）和澳大利亚出生的精神分裂症门诊患者（n = 242）进行了比较。年龄校正率显示移民患者占比过高。移民患者组年龄更大，发病时间更晚，女性比例更高。与男性相比，更多女性移民患者在抵达前和移民后的头五年内发病，男性的发病高峰在抵达后11至15年之间。移民患者表现出更强的家庭凝聚力。在广泛的社会经济指标、疾病特征和接受的治疗方面，未发现显著差异。在许多方面，出生在英国和爱尔兰的患者与澳大利亚出生的患者相似。
