Prevalence of mental disorders in migrants compared with original residents and local residents in Ningxia, China

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Background:
Ecological migrants has a special background compared with other types of migrant. However, the mental health status of ecological migrants who were expected to benefit from a massive “ecological migration project” initiated by the Chinese government is unknown. This study aims to explore the influence of environmental change on individuals’ mental health and to improve current understanding of the mechanisms that mental disorders occurred.

Methods:
The data were extracted from a cross-sectional study. Anxiety disorders, mood disorders and substance use disorders were assessed using the Chinese version WHO-CIDI. The prevalence of mental disorders was stratified by migration status into ecological migrant, local resident and original resident groups. Unconditional logistic regression models were used to calculate the risk of prevalence among these three groups.

Results:
After controlling for gender, ethnicity, age, marriage, and education, the migrants had lower risk of mental disorders than original residents [OR = 0.70 (95 % CI: 0.57–0.86)], p < 0.001), but had a higher risk of mental disorders than local residents [OR = 1.29 (95 % CI: 1.06–1.55)], p = 0.007).

Conclusion:
The ecological migration project may be beneficial to people’s mental health by improving their living environment and social economy.

Keywords:
Ecological migrants, Mental disorders, Epidemiology, Mainland China

Autoři: Zhizhong Wang ^1,3*; Liqun Wang ¹; Jinyun Jing ¹; Chunping Hu ²
Působiště autorů: Department of Epidemiology and Statistic, School of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China. ¹; Department of Psychiatry, Minkang Psychiatric Hospital of Civil Affairs, Ningxia, Yinchuan 750010, China. ²; 1160#, Shengli Street, Yinchuan 750004, China. ³
Vyšlo v časopise: BMC Psychiatry 2016, 16:366
Kategorie: Research Article
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Conclusion:
The ecological migration project may be beneficial to people’s mental health by improving their living environment and social economy.

Keywords:
Ecological migrants, Mental disorders, Epidemiology, Mainland China

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