TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krist, Lilian
A1  - Dornquast, Christina
A1  - Reinhold, Thomas
A1  - Becher, Heiko
A1  - Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Schmidt, Börge
A1  - Schramm, Sara
A1  - Icke, Katja
A1  - Danquah, Ina
A1  - Willich, Stefan N.
A1  - Keil, Thomas
A1  - Brand, Tilman
T1  - Association of acculturation status with longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life — results from a cohort study of adults with Turkish origin in Germany
JF  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
N2  - Health-related quality of life (HRQL) among migrant populations can be associated with acculturation (i.e., the process of adopting, acquiring and adjusting to a new cultural environment). Since there is a lack of longitudinal studies, we aimed to describe HRQL changes among adults of Turkish descent living in Berlin and Essen, Germany, and their association with acculturation. Participants of a population-based study were recruited in 2012–2013 and reinvited six years later to complete a questionnaire. Acculturation was assessed at baseline using the Frankfurt acculturation scale (integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization). HRQL was assessed at baseline (SF-8) and at follow-up (SF-12) resulting in a physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) sum score. Associations with acculturation and HRQL were analyzed with linear regression models using a time-by-acculturation status interaction term. In the study 330 persons were included (65% women, mean age ± standard deviation 43.3 ± 11.8 years). Over the 6 years, MCS decreased, while PCS remained stable. While cross-sectional analyses showed associations of acculturation status with both MCS and PCS, temporal changes including the time interaction term did not reveal associations of baseline acculturation status with HRQL. When investigating HRQL in acculturation, more longitudinal studies are needed to take changes in both HRQL and acculturation status into account.
KW  - health-related quality of life
KW  - HRQL
KW  - acculturation
KW  - Turkish
KW  - migrants
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-234068
SN  - 1660-4601
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
ER  -