Zaghloul Mohamed Saddik, Saquib Juliann, AlMazrou Abdulrahman, Saquib Nazmus
College of Medicine, Sulaiman Al Rajhi Colleges, P.O. Box 777, Bukairyah, Al-Qassim, 51941, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Dec;21(6):1233-1240. doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-00853-7.
Mental health status may vary by nationality among expatriate workers; no conclusive data is available in Saudi Arabia. We invited expatriate nurses employed in governmental hospitals in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia to fill out an electronic survey that contained questions on demography (including nationality), lifestyle, job, depression, anxiety, and stress (assessed with DASS-21 scale). We categorized each outcome into normal, mild to moderate, and severe, and used adjusted multinomial logistic regressions for analyses. Nurses (n = 999) were from India (54.1%), the Philippines/Indonesia (37.0%), Pakistan (4.9%) and Arab countries (4.0%). Indian nurses were three times (OR = 2.93; 95% CI 1.84, 4.67), Pakistani nurses were 2.5 times (OR = 2.54; 95% CI 1.07, 6.00), and Arab nurses were five times (OR = 5.65; 95% CI 2.40-13.31) more likely to suffer from severe depression compared to Filipino/Indonesian nurses (reference group). Results were similar for stress. Depression and stress varied significantly by nationality among expatriate nurses.
心理健康状况在外籍工人中可能因国籍而异；沙特阿拉伯没有确凿的数据。我们邀请了在沙特阿拉伯卡西姆省公立医院工作的外籍护士填写一份电子调查问卷，其中包含有关人口统计学（包括国籍）、生活方式、工作、抑郁、焦虑和压力（用DASS-21量表评估）的问题。我们将每个结果分为正常、轻度至中度和重度，并使用调整后的多项逻辑回归进行分析。护士（n = 999）来自印度（54.1%）、菲律宾/印度尼西亚（37.0%）、巴基斯坦（4.9%）和阿拉伯国家（4.0%）。与菲律宾/印度尼西亚护士（参照组）相比，印度护士患重度抑郁症的可能性是其三倍（OR = 2.93；95% CI 1.84，4.67），巴基斯坦护士是2.5倍（OR = 2.54；95% CI 1.07，6.00），阿拉伯护士是五倍（OR = 5.65；95% CI 2.40 - 13.31）。压力方面的结果类似。外籍护士中，抑郁和压力因国籍不同而有显著差异。
