@article{ref1,
title="Common mental disorders in primary health care: differences between Latin American-born and Spanish-born residents in Madrid, Spain",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2014",
author="Salinero-Fort, Miguel A. and Jiménez-García, Rodrigo and de Burgos-Lunar, Carmen and Chico-Moraleja, Rosa M. and Gómez-Campelo, Paloma",
volume="50",
number="3",
pages="429-443",
abstract="PURPOSE: Our main objective was to estimate and compare the prevalence of the most common mental disorders between Latin American-born and Spanish-born patients in Madrid, Spain. We also analyzed sociodemographic factors associated with these disorders and the role of the length of residency for Latin American-born patients. <br><br>METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study to compare Latin American-born (n = 691) and Spanish-born outpatients (n = 903) from 15 primary health care centers in Madrid, Spain. The Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders was used to diagnose common mental disorders. Sociodemographic, psychosocial, and migration data were collected. <br><br>RESULTS: We detected common mental disorders in 49.9 % (95 % CI = 47.4-52.3 %) of the total sample. Values were higher in Latin American-born patients than in Spanish-born patients for any disorder (57.8 % vs. 43.9 %, p < 0.001), mood disorders (40.1 % vs. 34.8 %, p = 0.030), anxiety disorders (20.5 % vs. 15.3 %, p = 0.006), and somatoform disorders (18.1 % vs. 6.6 %, p < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences in prevalence between Latin American-born patients with less than 5 years of residency and Latin American-born residents with 5 or more years of residency. Finally, multivariate analysis shows that gender, having/not having children, monthly income, geographic origin, and social support were significantly associated with several disorders. LIMITATIONS: The sample was neither population-based nor representative of the general immigrant or autochthonous populations. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The study provides further evidence of the high prevalence of common mental disorders in Latin American-born patients in Spain compared with Spanish-born patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-014-0962-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0962-5"
}