Panayota Sourtzi, Petros Galanis, Olympia Konstantakopoulou, Olga Siskou, Daphne Kaitelidou
Sector of Public Health, Department of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Center for Health Services Management and Evaluation, Department of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
AIMS Public Health. 2020 May 9;7(2):287-300. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020024. eCollection 2020.
To examine the health status of immigrants living in Greece and investigate the factors that influence it.
A cross-sectional study with 1152 immigrants (response rate = 60%) was conducted during April 2013 to March 2014. Regarding the sampling method, as there is no accurate census of immigrants in Greece the snowball sampling was used. Data collection included demographic characteristics, health status, medication and self-reported preventive health examinations of immigrants (blood count, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar measurement).
The majority of immigrants originated from Albania (51.4%), while 52.6% were males with mean age 37.6 years. Of those 63.5% were working, 80.9% had legal documents for living and working in Greece and 58.2% had valid health and social security. Most of the immigrants (66.6%) considered their health as good/very good. Immigrants without health insurance, lower monthly family income and worst self-reported health did not adhere with their medication treatment due to cost. Immigrants with legal documents and health insurance performed more often blood count measurement, blood pressure measurement, cholesterol measurement and blood sugar measurement. Increased monthly family income was also associated with higher probability of blood count measurement. Very poor/poor/average self-reported health and increased age were associated with higher probability of taking medicines for chronic diseases.
Self-reported health of immigrants in Greece is good/very good while absence of health insurance and legal documents, lower income and worst self-reported health are associated with worst health outcomes.
调查居住在希腊的移民的健康状况，并探究影响其健康状况的因素。
于2013年4月至2014年3月开展了一项针对1152名移民的横断面研究（应答率 = 60%）。关于抽样方法，由于希腊没有准确的移民人口普查数据，因此采用了滚雪球抽样法。数据收集内容包括移民的人口统计学特征、健康状况、用药情况以及自我报告的预防性健康检查（血常规、血压、胆固醇和血糖测量）。
大多数移民来自阿尔巴尼亚（51.4%），52.6%为男性，平均年龄37.6岁。其中，63.5%的人有工作，80.9%拥有在希腊生活和工作的合法文件，58.2%拥有有效的健康和社会保障。大多数移民（66.6%）认为自己的健康状况良好/非常好。没有医疗保险、家庭月收入较低且自我报告健康状况较差的移民因费用问题未坚持药物治疗。拥有合法文件和医疗保险的移民更常进行血常规测量、血压测量、胆固醇测量和血糖测量。家庭月收入增加也与进行血常规测量的可能性增加相关。自我报告健康状况极差/差/一般以及年龄增加与服用慢性病药物的可能性增加相关。
希腊移民自我报告的健康状况良好/非常好，而缺乏医疗保险和合法文件、收入较低以及自我报告健康状况较差与较差的健康结果相关。
