Rwegellera G G
Br J Psychiatry. 1980 Nov;137:428-32. doi: 10.1192/bjp.137.5.428.
Two hundred and ninety West Indian and 73 West African patients were identified and matched against 204 and 53 English patients respectively. Significantly more migrant patients were: not referred to hospital by their GPs, showed disturbed behaviour prior to psychiatric contact, and were admitted formally. Studying consecutive attendances or admissions to one hospital may lead to an unrepresentative sample.
共识别出290名西印度群岛患者和73名西非患者,分别与204名和53名英国患者进行匹配。显著更多的移民患者存在以下情况:未被全科医生转诊至医院、在精神科就诊前表现出行为紊乱、并被正式收治。研究一家医院的连续就诊或入院情况可能会导致样本缺乏代表性。