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- Title
Participation of Turkish Migrants in an Epidemiological Study: Does the Recruitment Strategy Affect the Sample Characteristics?
- Authors
Brand, Tilman; Samkange-Zeeb, Florence; Zeeb, Hajo; Zimmermann, Heiko; Becher, Heiko; Dragano, Nico; Keil, Thomas; Krist, Lilian; Yesil-Jürgens, Rahsan; Schlaud, Martin; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Razum, Oliver; Reiss, Katharina; Greiser, Karin Halina
- Abstract
Migrants are often poorly represented in epidemiological studies which limits the generalizability of the results of population-based studies. This study aimed to assess whether a community-based sampling (CBS) of persons of Turkish origin leads to differences in the participants' characteristics compared to a register-based sampling (RBS). The two sampling strategies were used to recruit participants in three cities in Germany (CBS: n = 641; RBS: n = 578). We compared sociodemographic, migration- and health-related characteristics. Census data were used as an external reference. Lower German language skills and a lower acculturation status were more prevalent in the CBS than in the RBS. While age and sex adjusted obesity prevalence differed [CBS: 37.8 (33.6–42.4); RBS 30.0 (26.3–34.0); census data 19.1 (18.2–20.1)], most other health indicators were similar across the samples. In conclusion, the CBS approach led to a greater representation of persons of Turkish origin with lower language skills and lower acculturation status. Nevertheless, both recruitment strategies provided similar estimates of health status indicators.
- Subjects
GERMANY; TURKEY; ACCULTURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; HEALTH status indicators; LANGUAGE &; languages; MEDICAL research; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; PILOT projects; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; HUMAN research subjects; PATIENT selection; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2019, Vol 21, Issue 4, p811
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-018-0788-4