TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Italy/epidemiology
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Social Conditions
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Somatoform Disorders/epidemiology/psychology
KW - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology/psychology
KW - Transients and Migrants/psychology
AU - M. Aragona
AU - D. Pucci
AU - S. Carrer
AU - E. Catino
AU - A. Tomaselli
AU - F. Colosimo
AU - M. Lafuente
AU - M. Mazzetti
AU - B. Maisano
AU - S. Geraci
A1 - 
AB - The role of post-migration living difficulties (PMLD) on somatization was studied in 101 first generation immigrants visited in primary care. Premigratory traumas and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were also assessed. About one third of patients somatized. Sociodemographic variables were similar in somatizers and non-somatizers. Premigratory traumas, PTSD and the likelihood to report at least one serious or very serious PMLD were higher in somatizers. Four kinds of PMLD were more frequent in somatizers: worries about unavailability of health assistance, working problems, discrimination and poor social help. Traumas and PTSD influenced the effect of PMLD on somatization. Findings suggest that in specific samples of primary care immigrants severe premigratory traumas increase the sensitivity to PMLD and in turn distress due to PMLD amplifies the tendency to somatize.
BT - Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 2
CY - Italy
DO - 10.4415/ANN_11_02_13
IS - 2
JF - Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita
N2 - The role of post-migration living difficulties (PMLD) on somatization was studied in 101 first generation immigrants visited in primary care. Premigratory traumas and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were also assessed. About one third of patients somatized. Sociodemographic variables were similar in somatizers and non-somatizers. Premigratory traumas, PTSD and the likelihood to report at least one serious or very serious PMLD were higher in somatizers. Four kinds of PMLD were more frequent in somatizers: worries about unavailability of health assistance, working problems, discrimination and poor social help. Traumas and PTSD influenced the effect of PMLD on somatization. Findings suggest that in specific samples of primary care immigrants severe premigratory traumas increase the sensitivity to PMLD and in turn distress due to PMLD amplifies the tendency to somatize.
PP - Italy
PY - 2011
SN - 0021-2571; 0021-2571
SP - 207
EP - 213
EP - 
T1 - The role of post-migration living difficulties on somatization among first-generation immigrants visited in a primary care service
T2 - Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita
TI - The role of post-migration living difficulties on somatization among first-generation immigrants visited in a primary care service
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 21709391
U3 - 10.4415/ANN_11_02_13
VL - 47
VO - 0021-2571; 0021-2571
Y1 - 2011
ER -