Schumann Maria, Bug Marleen, Kajikhina Katja, Koschollek Carmen, Bartig Susanne, Lampert Thomas, Santos-Hövener Claudia
Robert Koch Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, FG28: Social Determinants of Health, General-Pape-Str. 62-66, 12101, Berlin, Germany.
SSM Popul Health. 2020 Jan 10;10:100539. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100539. eCollection 2020 Apr.
•Acculturation is a widely used concept in epidemiological research.•There are various ways to measure acculturation using proxies or scales; often an acculturation score is calculated.•Studies often show inconsistencies in operationalization and measurement of the concept of acculturation.•The exact outcome is often unclear; this creates a lack of comparability, generalizability and transferability of the results.•Health relevant proxies such as language skills or feeling of belonging should be measured without calculating a score.
•文化适应是流行病学研究中广泛使用的概念。
•有多种方法可通过代理变量或量表来衡量文化适应；通常会计算一个文化适应分数。
•研究常常表明，在文化适应概念的操作化和测量方面存在不一致之处。
•确切结果往往不明确；这导致研究结果缺乏可比性、普遍性和可转移性。
•与健康相关的代理变量，如语言技能或归属感，应在不计算分数的情况下进行测量。
