Comey Danika, Crawford Cassidy, Romero Isabela, Sundell Reyna, Padron Sophia Thompson, Brittenham Harley, Wiley Emily, Moyce Sally
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Feb;27(1):126-133. doi: 10.1007/s10903-024-01636-z. Epub 2024 Oct 5.
In the United States, it is estimated that 15% of Latinos will experience a depressive or anxiety disorder during their lifetime. Education, prevention programming, and health interventions around topics such as stress, nutrition, mental health, and health maintenance for Latino immigrants are lacking, inadequate, or nonexistent. This type of programming may be protective against depression and anxiety. A total of 19 Latina women completed a five-week, group-based intervention to learn about stress, stress management, nutrition, mental health, and healthy behaviors in a culturally sensitive environment taught by native Spanish speakers. Program evaluation occurred through in-depth interviews and changes in anxiety and depression scores via the Generalized Anxiety Scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire, respectively. The team saw statistically significant decreases in the GAD-7 scores pre- and post-intervention (8.00 versus 5.08, p<0.05), but no differences in the PSS or the PHQ-2 scores. Group-based intervention and education taught by native Spanish speakers may be an acceptable and feasible approach to addressing anxiety in Latina immigrants.
在美国，据估计15%的拉丁裔在其一生中会经历抑郁或焦虑症。针对拉丁裔移民的教育、预防项目以及围绕压力、营养、心理健康和健康维护等主题的健康干预措施匮乏、不足或根本不存在。这类项目可能对预防抑郁和焦虑有帮助。共有19名拉丁裔女性参加了一项为期五周的、基于小组的干预活动，在由母语为西班牙语的人营造的具有文化敏感性的环境中学习压力、压力管理、营养、心理健康和健康行为。通过深入访谈以及分别使用广泛性焦虑量表和患者健康问卷评估焦虑和抑郁得分的变化来进行项目评估。研究团队发现，干预前后广泛性焦虑量表-7得分有统计学意义的下降（分别为8.00和5.08，p<0.05），但在感知压力量表或患者健康问卷-2得分上没有差异。由母语为西班牙语的人开展的基于小组的干预和教育可能是解决拉丁裔移民焦虑问题的一种可接受且可行的方法。
